gwydion | Entries tagged with mass murder

* As has been the case since January, the sort may be a little rough. News keeps moving fast, so some items may be already out of date.

I am once again having to cut things off before I'm done. Apologies.

* "EU to present roadmap in May to phase out all imports of Russian fossil fuels:" https://archive.ph/mDDq1

* "Witchcraft accusations putting hundreds at risk of "physical attacks or even death" in Ghana, Amnesty says:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/witchcraft-accusations-hundreds-risks-ghana-amnesty-international/

* "Europe’s streets are alive with the sound of protests:" https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/04/16/europes-streets-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-protests

* "Nearly 200 students, journalists go on trial in Turkey over Istanbul protests:" https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250418-nearly-200-students-journalists-go-trial-in-turkey-over-istanbul-protests-erdogan-crackdown

* "Georgia fired 700 civil servants for supporting pro-EU protests, watchdog says:" https://archive.ph/OZcxV

* "Donald Trump's shadow looms large over Australian and Canadian elections:" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/donald-trump-affecting-opposition-in-canada-and-australia/105196740

* "Visions of Solidarity: Lesbian writers on how we save the world from fascism:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/visions-of-solidarity-schulman-vaid

* "Thailand Plastic Waste Law Challenges Developed Nations’ Waste Practices:" https://happyeconews.com/thailand-plastic-waste-law/

* "Behind Closed Doors: The Secret World of Molly Houses in 18th-Century England:" https://gaylifetoday.com/2025/04/21/behind-closed-doors-the-secret-world-of-molly-houses-in-18th-century-england/

* "Weaponization of the FBI from Hoover to Trump 2.0 with Beverly Gage:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weaponization-of-the-fbi-from-hoover-to-trump-2/id1382983397?i=1000700716486

* "Pope Francis dead at 88: Looking back on his LGBTQ+ rights legacy:" https://www.advocate.com/news/pope-francis-dead-lgbtq-rights

* "Pope Francis changed the conversation on LGBTQ+ Catholics—will the next Pontiff hit mute?:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/pope-francis-lgbtq

As a trans person who is not a Christian, I was not a fan and I side eye a bunch of things that happened under his watch as far as cover ups and corruption. That said, he was better than I had any hope of him being and so much better than predecessors in so many ways and on so many issues. He DID represent progress, even though he didn't go as far as one would wish. His anti-authoritarian moves were important.

I am really worried about what comes next.

So many things are getting so much worse. I would love for the catholic Church to keep moving forward, even if not as quickly as I would wish, instead of back sliding into horror.

* "'Evil is being defeated': Marjorie Taylor Greene sparks outrage after Pope Francis' death:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/evil-being-defeated-marjorie-taylor-130338336.html

* "Maddow on Pope Francis, advocate for migrants: 'He changed the world, he changed the church':" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-on-pope-francis-advocate-for-migrants-he-changed-the-world-he-changed-the-church-238046789972

* "Pope Francis’ Legacy of Compassion for Palestinians:" https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/pope-francis-legacy-of-compassion-for-palestinians-238414917852

* " Blasphemy is coming to St. Peter’s Square as Trump tries to hijack Pope Francis’s funeral to feed his ego:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/donald-trump-pope-funeral-blasphemy

* "Frito-Lay recall: What to know about the Tostitos tortilla chips pulled from shelves:" https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/04/09/frito-lay-tostitos-chips-recall/83012547007/

* "Tri-Union Seafoods Issues Recall of Select Genova®, Van Camp’s®, H-E-B and Trader Joe’s® Tuna Cans Due to Clostridium Botulinum Risk:" https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/tri-union-seafoods-issues-recall-select-genovar-van-campsr-h-e-b-and-trader-joesr-tuna-cans-due

* Wednesday, on my way out the door to collect Millennials for group errands, I found a bureaucracy packet. Worryingly, it was not the standard bureaucracy packet. O.o It takes the same documents I already had assembled for the late April or early May bureaucracy, which helps, but also suggests a second, more complicated bureaucracy will arrive soon.

I worked on it the whole time Millennials were here, and finished it, except for the one piece I need someone to print off the computer. Last time I circled and labelled the relevant items on the bank statements and it worked out. It would be better to belt and suspenders it, but in any case I hope to drive the packet and documents up there for copying, stamping, and filing.

I like to turn them in as early as I can just generally, but speed is extra important now, given the givens.

Bonus I have all the items ID number marked so when I have to take them back to the same office within the month that will speed things up a bit on my end. *eye roll*

I did not sort the things assorted people dumped on the floor and shoveled back in the wrong place repeatedly last Summer and Autumn, but I need to. I keep a year of documents out in case there is random surprise bureaucracy in the off season (Which really does happen). I just need to go through them now before boxing them for seven year storage, in case something got in there that shouldn't.

So that's a couple hours, but less urgent.

It did eat my whole evening, alas.

* …And despite the Millennials being told they were cleared to work, they for some reason haven't been reinstated and are not getting paid. Fuckssake!

So phone bureaucracy tomorrow, I guess.

Bonus: I managed to really fuck up my hand about 7 minutes after they left for the night checking if Tavy's pads were dry. Sigh.

* "Jon Stewart on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Deportation and How Trump Fails to Deliver | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump’s Tariffs Ruined America’s Reputation. Does Anyone Still Respect Us? | The Daily Show:"

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* "Meet the Scientists Bringing Back the Woolly Mammoth to Fight Climate Change | The Daily Show:"

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* "Harvey Fierstein to Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Award:" https://www.theatermania.com/news/harvey-fierstein-to-receive-a-lifetime-achievement-tony-award_1773609/

* "Must-see LGBTQ+ films every straight ally should watch :" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/gay-movies-for-straight-allies-watch#rebelltitem12

* "Bernie Rocks Coachella:"

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* "Elmo Drops A Trump Diss Track:"

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* Cool Person in need of help. "So, due to a combination of things hitting at once we're overdue on both the electric and gas bills:" https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3618944.html

* There's this Evangelical sect that makes creepy ass recruitment ads. They have one that uses Depecge Mode's "Personal Jesus."

Me: do they know?

So every time it comes on, my head snaps up, and then I remember it's an evangelical ad and I chuckle to myself.

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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.

* "United States Disappeared Tracker:" https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

* "Nationwide Economic Blackout: Boycott Dates for Target, Amazon, Others:" https://www.newsweek.com/nationwide-economic-blackout-boycott-dates-target-amazon-others-2037986

* "Introducing Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network:" https://aflcio.org/2025/4/16/introducing-rise-federal-workers-legal-defense-network

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

* "Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza amid stepped up ceasefire push:" https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-dozens-gaza-us-pushes-ceasefire-2025-01-08/

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* "Why is my life considered more important than a Ukrainian life?:" https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-why-is-my-life-considered-more-important-than-a-ukrainian-life/

* "Trudeau stepping down as Canada’s PM after rapid decline in public approval:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trudeau-stepping-down-as-canadas-pm-after-rapid-decline-in-public-approval

* "The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/5600-people-killed-haiti-year-gangs-rampage-117418238

* "Key takeaways from Haiti’s multinational mission: progress, setbacks, and future challenges:" https://haitiantimes.com/2025/01/08/key-takeaways-from-haiti-multinational-mission/

* "U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/g-s1-41296/starmer-attacks-elon-musk

* "Narendra Modi’s Populist Facade Is Cracking:" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/modi-nationalism-demagoguery-limitations/681094/?

* "Biden signs bill boosting Social Security payments for millions:" https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/higher-social-security-payments-coming-millions-people-bill-117343285

Meanwhile, republicans are promising deep cuts to social security to pay for tax cuts for a handful of billionaires who already pay nothing even close to their share.

* "Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/biden-bans-new-offshore-drilling-us-coastline-atlantic-pacific-trump-rcna186338

* "Trump promises to undo Biden lame-duck drilling ban:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/06/congress/donald-trump-drilling-ban-00196667

Biden should have done this four years ago, but doing it at all adds to things Trump has to remember to undo. Anything that slows Trump even a little is still something, given how lazy he is and the long list of things he has planned.

* "Fed officials are worried about the inflation impacts from Trump’s policies, minutes show:" https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/08/fed-minutes-january-2025.html

* "Watch Kamala Harris keep her cool on a day of contrasts at U.S. Senate with warm moments and not-so-warm ones:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kamala-harris-swearing-in-senators

* "Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/republican-house-transgender-bathrooms

Asshole soaked up the good press for not doing it, then did it quietly, hoping no one would notice.

* "Republican Sen. Tuberville wants to ban trans girls from school sports...again:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/gop-tuberville-transgender-sports

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

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

Please add more below if you have them.

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

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

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

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

To get your Critters' numbers to call direct: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

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

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

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

Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

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* This is some bullshit. The Republican War on free and fair elections continues. They have no proof of fraudulent voting, but they are blocking it anyway because they want to illegally stack the court. "GOP-controlled N.C. Supreme Court blocks certification of Democrat as winner of close high court race:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/north-carolina-supreme-court-blocks-certification-democrat-winner-clos-rcna186662

* "Oregon swears in first LGBTQ+ treasurer, Dr. Elizabeth Steiner:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/oregon-lgbtq-treasurer

* "Idaho Republicans file resolution to repeal marriage equality:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/idaho-republicans-marriage-equality-challenge

* "George Santos wins sentencing delay in fraud case, but less than he asked for:" https://www.advocate.com/crime/george-santos-wins-sentencing-delay

* "Judge finds Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court in defamation case:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rudy-giuliani-resume-testimony-contempt-hearing-defamation-case-rcna186216

* "Why I'm quitting the Washington Post:" https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post

* "Winning coalitions aren't always governing coalitions:" https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/06/how-the-sausage-gets-made/

NOTE: I am moving the Trump section up the page soon, but I'm waiting until the hand over on the 20th.

* "Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed:" https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1

* "'So little water': California firefighters struggle as hoses run dry:" https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-so-little-water-california-firefighters-struggle-as-hoses-run-dry-228842565698

* "Photos capture how wildfires ravaged through Southern California:" https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60

* "It’s not really the right time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?:" https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5

* "Meet the gay man helping FEMA fight misinformation during natural disasters:" https://www.advocate.com/people/fema-justin-knighten-gay-communication

* "How the Arrival of an Endangered Bird Indicates What’s Possible for the L.A. River:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-the-arrival-of-an-endangered-bird-indicates-whats-possible-for-the-la-river-180985390/

* "Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks:" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/

* "The danger of Meta’s big fact-checking changes:" https://www.vox.com/politics/393863/meta-mark-zuckerberg-fact-checking-trump

* "What LGBTQ+ people should know about Meta’s new rules:" https://www.advocate.com/news/meta-policies-lgbtq-attacks

* "Hayes: Zuckerberg and tech execs cozying up to Trump is chilling—but 'very clarifying':" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-zuckerberg-and-tech-execs-cozying-up-to-trump-is-chilling-but-very-clarifying-228723781895

* "Meta blocked teens from seeing LGBTQ+ content on Instagram: report:" https://www.advocate.com/news/instagram-blocked-teens-lgbtq

* "The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ocean-teems-with-networks-of-interconnected-bacteria-20250106/

* "Inside the hands-on lab of an experimental archaeologist:" https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/inside-the-hands-on-lab-of-an-experimental-archaeologist/

* "When Picasso Was Arrested for Stealing the “Mona Lisa”:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/13/when-picasso-was-arrested-for-stealing-the-mona-lisa?

* "Women’s Work: Fighting to Serve — Black Nurses in World War II:" https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/12/womens-work-fighting-to-serve-black-nurses-in-world-war-ii/

* Good news! "Jean-Marie Le Pen, French fiery far-right leader, dies at 96:" https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251155/jean-marie-le-pen-france-obit

* "Sheldon 'Turner' Freeman, gay D.C. librarian and activist, dead at 64:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-librarian-turner-freeman-obituary

* "How Do Igloos Keep People Warm?:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/how-igloos-stay-warm

* "Cry about it: The tradition of town criers is slowly dwindling in Canada. But those who are left vow to cry to their last breath.:" https://archive.ph/9PCB6#selection-2685.0-2685.115

* I'm really struggling with the physio right now. My body insists it is injured from the eye thing, which is still giving me headaches when I read, etc., plus the weather is the kind of variable that really messes with my AS. I suspect Tavy wanting to sit on my shoulder for hours at a time is not helping.

Monday, Goth Millennial came with me to the eye doctor and the trip back was slow and dramatic because the fog was occasionally a real pea souper. The regular eye doctor is across town from where I live and we stuck to surface streets because the fog was so bad.

While it's nice they give us this big frame allowance rather than make us pick from six government frames as they used to, there is no world in which I'd use the whole frame allowance and if they'd let me use the extra for things like (required) bifocals and (required) ultra lights I absolutely need the glasses would be free instead of a major expense I struggle to cover. On the upside, a benefactor set an end of year gift that should cover them and the car tax this month, plus the stupid HOA fee they charged me because they fucked up payments in December. This is good as not being behind in Housing Tax season is essential and that comes next.

You may notice I posted very little on Monday if you were on Tumblr even by my Monday and Tuesday standards. That's because the headache was so bad I just gave up and went to bed early. I ended up staying there 15-16 hours and still being kind of crap Thursday evening.

On the upside I found the missing library books. It turns out I'd put them in a bag to go back and the one cleaner visit between June and November resulted in them getting moved on top of the cardboard boxes where I keep medium term document storage. (I don't want to move things to long term for a year because periodically a bureaucracy thing will require something and it's better to have it close to hand. Occasionally I need long term storage things, but it's rare. I actually need to clear out long term storage paperwork, but I can't physically do it by myself, so some boxes end up staying longer than seven years. Sigh. Boxes all get dates so I know when things are safe to get rid of).

Anyway, no wonder we couldn't find the missing books despite a couple months of searching. We were looking in logical places, like my car or my bedroom. If you combine camouflage with non-intuitive placement the things might as well have been invisible. I only worked it out because I did the math on when they had to have been lost and realized the could have been moved that one particular week while outgoing instead of incoming or in a reading location. I'd checked them off in my head when I bagged them and put them where I'd grab them on the way out the door, then assumed they were on the way back as i hadn't had time to read them what with everything that had been going on.

Sigh. I didn't make it out when the library was still open, but I did turn them in at the night drop so there's eighty dollars I don't owe after all.

I am so tired and everything hurts so, so much.

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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.

* "We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.:" https://www.stopmaskbans.com/

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

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

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

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

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

* Useful organizing links and resources: https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/771859083592613888/hater-of-terfs-ive-already-reblogged-a-link-to?source=share

* Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

* Avoiding Activist Burnout: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/771755723969478656/on-twitter-im-seeing-dozens-of-threads-from-black?source=share

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

* ""President Musk" And The Dangers Of Plutocracy:"

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* "Why Does Elon Musk Want to Kill Wikipedia?:"

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* "Trump weighs in on H-1B visas amid legal immigration fight:" https://www.semafor.com/article/12/29/2024/trump-fails-to-clarify-stance-on-highly-sough-h-1b-visas-wanted-by-silicon-valley

* "Trump tech bros spar with MAGA loyalists online:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-tech-bros-spar-with-maga-loyalists-online-228053573772

* "Elon Musk ‘melts down’ after underestimating wrath of MAGA trolls:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/elon-musk-melts-down-after-underestimating-wrath-of-maga-trolls-228186181734

* CW: Sexual Abuse. "Court rejects Trump appeal in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse and defamation case:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/nx-s1-5243228/federal-appeal-trump-e-jean-carroll

* "South Korea to inspect Boeing aircraft as it struggles to find cause of plane crash that killed 179:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-korea-to-inspect-boeing-aircraft-as-it-struggles-to-find-cause-of-plane-crash-that-killed-179/ar-AA1wH0UX

* "Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans:" https://www.reuters.com/science/chiles-giant-living-fossil-frog-faces-threat-climate-change-humans-2024-12-18/

* "Bird flu has killed 20 big cats including cougars at a U.S. wildlife sanctuary:" https://www.npr.org/2024/12/26/nx-s1-5239841/bird-flu-kills-20-cats-washington-sanctuary

* "Hungry or horny? Whale makes record swim halfway across planet:" https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/record-humpback-whale-migration/

* "A Homeowner Found Huge, Fossil Teeth While Mowing the Lawn. Then, Excavations Revealed a Complete Mastodon Jaw:" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-homeowner-found-huge-fossil-teeth-while-mowing-the-lawn-then-excavations-revealed-a-complete-mastodon-jaw-180985703/

* "Archaeology news: New Polish Viking Sword!:"

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* "Vlad the Impaler | Extra History Complete | European History:"

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* "The Black Dinner - Scottish History - Extra History:"

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* "When the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/16/empire-of-purity-eva-payne-book-review

* "Disney's Animatronics: A Living History:"

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* "Tragedy Lingers Inside Chornobyl’s Abandoned City:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-chernobyl-disaster-ukraine

* "the Sham Legacy of Richard Feynman:"

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When I got to my first college to be a philosophy monk, guys were all abuzz about "Surely You're Joking."

I intended to read it eventually, but I kept shying away instinctively. I think I subconsciously picked up on what time of guys were into Feynman.

(There was an exception, who used to also tell his dad's Feynman stories from when they were working together. These stories were amusing in a way that the Feynman Bros quoting the book weren't. He wasn't a Feynman cultist, but rather someone with stories to contribute about Feynman in Feynman based conversations, if you get my meaning.)

This piece was illuminating and helpful to me.

* "Why we will never have another president like Jimmy Carter again:" https://www.advocate.com/voices/jimmy-carter-remembered

* "President Jimmy Carter dead at 100 — here's his history as an LGBTQ+ ally:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/jimmy-carter-dead-100

* "Pete Buttigieg remembers warmth and kindness of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-praises-jimmy-carter

* "Stacey Abrams honors Jimmy Carter: He ‘remade Democratic politics’:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/stacey-abrams-honors-jimmy-carter-he-remade-democratic-politics-228186693960

* "11 Rare Old Words for the Heinous and Villainous:" https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83472/11-rare-old-words-heinous-and-villainous

* At bedtime Monday morning I noticed some weird things with my vision in my right eye. I looked them up and it sure sounds like a retinal tear. (I know, don't trust Web M.D., but shit is sudden, extreme and weird. I thought of alternate explanations, but I liminiated all of the non-medical ones. Fuck! Of course when everyone's off for holidays.

I have a scheduled appointment, I think for Monday. I should likely wait up and hope they are open today because it's getting worse.

* I was so exhausted I completely missed the Mummer's this year. :(

For those following the Special Assessment Saga, it was a good thing I raised and paid rent on top of what they took. Assholes still charged me a hundred dollar late fee because they fucked up December accounting. If they had taken rent instead of the third special assessment chunk without my knowledge or consent causing overdraft fees, then everything would have been paid to them on time, but I didn't know they were doing it until it was too late to fix, so here we are down an extra hundred for January with car fees and things coming due later in the month.

It will likely be all right. I will need to talk to Squirrel about it, but it will probably be all right.

I hate how extreme the punishment for doing nothing wrong has been in 2024, and it just keeps happening.

* I had so much fun with the dead podcast the back half of December. I ran out of episodes and find myself craving more.

It's an anthology series via Bloody Disgusting and the George A. Romero Foundation, so zombies.Like any anthology, so are more to my taste than others, but they were all worth listening to. They are shared universe, and do occasionally reference each other, but they also jump in time between stories and you could pretty easily listen to each story in any order. (A story is four episodes). The cast is diverse as one would expect given who is making these. The sound design fills me with horror and delight as is expected from Bloody Disgusting. For real, the zombie eating people sounds are far more awful than seeing gore on screen would be, even knowing how they were made.

Something I wanted to mention is the zombie sounds. Walking Dead is such a big thing and has been since the first episode debuted that their rattling hiss zombie vocalizations tend to be what zombies sound like now. Older media did other things: Moans, silence, even words. I have even heard a roar in one fascinating low budget one. These days though? Rattling hiss tends to be what one hears even in a lot of non Walking Dead Properties.

I like how human they made their zombie vocalizations in The Dead. I like the slow transition from a human sounding sick and in pain getting less and less articulate to what sounds a lot like me levering myself out of bed on a bad pain day and hobbling around. I like that it reminds one how human the newly turned look and sound. I like that it sounds like they could start speaking again at any moment, that the sound design of the intro encourages one to strain to catch words that never come during the episodes proper.

This thing is beautifully done and addicting, even when I know exactly how things are going to go. (This isn't a dis. Most twists in anything I will see coming).

Anyway, if you like zombie stories, I suggest checking this out.

* "Video Games & the Sexy Gender Binary:"

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* "Horror Queers: Re-Animator (1985):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/re-animator-1985/id1449041559?i=1000643633533

* "The 25 Best Queer Films of the Century So Far :" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/the-25-best-queer-films-of-the-century-so-far

* "19 LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows coming in January 2025 & where to watch them:" https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/lgbtq-movies-tv-shows-january-2025

* "Horror Queers: Strangers on a Train (1951):" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangers-on-a-train-1951/id1449041559?i=1000649018428

* "39 Amazing And Thought-Provoking Sculptures You've Probably Never Seen Before:" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/39-amazing-and-thought-provoking-sculptures-you-ve-probably-never-seen-before/ar-AA1tHmuz

* "Riding Through Time: Vintage Motorcycle Photos of People Posing with Pride, 1920s-1950s:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/people-with-motorcycles-vintage-photos/

* "Stunning Black-and-White Photos That Capture the Spirit of 1980s Hong Kong:" https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/hong-kong-photos-1980s/

* "“The Council Requires Snackies”: 50 Hilarious Pics Of Cats Grouping Together Interview With Expert:" https://www.boredpanda.com/council-of-cats-pics/

* "Sunday Sweets: Jen's Happy Cakes:" https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/sunday-sweets-jens-happy-cakes-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.

* "We have a right to safety, privacy, and protest. Say no to mask bans.:" https://www.stopmaskbans.com/

* Ethical Elephant sanctuary disaster relief: https://www.tumblr.com/veluigi/769847233453719552/emergency-flood-relief?source=share

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

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

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

* "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund:" https://victoryfund.org/

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

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

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

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

* "My husky’s fren needs your help:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/74raKUtbCKI

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Trump Gagged; Immediately Violates Gag Order:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "The London History Show: Anne Boleyn:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday: Millennial pumpkin carving!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Why Are Conservatives So Media Illiterate?:"

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* "Doctor Who vs Women:"

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

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

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

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* "True Facts: Incredible Crab Stories:"

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* "The Trump Kids in America:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Want to help the people of Maui?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Watch on YouTube

* Seriously, let's fill this thing out. "The Biggest Trans Survey in the U.S. Is Under Way; Why It Matters:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/11/07/biggest-trans-survey-us-underway-heres-why-it-matters

* "Tory government cuts hundreds of millions in HIV funding:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/14/hiv-funding-tory-cut/

* "Disabled Americans Are Punished for Getting Married:"

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* "Greta Thunberg Says UN Climate Conference Is Failing the Planet:" https://advocatechannel.com/greta-thunberg-says-un-climate-conference-is-failing-the-planet

* "UN Climate Talks Reach Halftime with Key Issues Unresolved:" https://www.voanews.com/a/un-climate-talks-reach-halftime-with-key-issues-unresolved-/6832137.html

* "Zelensky Says Russian Invasion Threatens Global Climate Change:" https://advocatechannel.com/zelensky-says-russian-invasion-threatens-global-climate-change

* "Reeling from floods, Pakistan seeks climate compensation, debt relief:" https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/reeling-floods-pakistan-seeks-climate-compensation-debt-relief-2022-11-07/

* "COP27: 'We'd never seen this much water' - Pakistan flood survivors:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63218139

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* "Deadly Collapsed Bridge in India Had Recently Reopened After Repairs:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/10/31/deadly-collapsed-bridge-india-had-recently-reopened-after-repairs

* "19 Dead After Passenger Plane Crashes Into Lake:" https://www.outtraveler.com/safety/2022/11/07/19-dead-after-passenger-plane-crashes-lake

* "Tributes paid to gay Batman actor Kevin Conroy, tragically dead at 66:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/11/12/kevin-conroy-batman-animated-series-voice-actor-gay-death/

* "DefunctTV: The Final Jim Henson Hour:"

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* "How One Man Kept Water Cremation Illegal:"

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* "Naval Aviators Draw Giant Sky Penis Pointed at Russian Military Base=:" https://www.outtraveler.com/news/2022/11/07/naval-aviators-draw-giant-sky-penis-pointed-russian-military-base

* "The Monarchy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:"

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* "Meanwhile… Don’t Lick Poisonous Toads! | Americans Slim Down Thanksgiving Plans:"

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* "Fox News Calls T**** A “Loser” | Is Meta Totally Zucked?:"

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* "GOP Points Finger At T**** For Disappointing Midterms | Warnock-Walker Race Goes To A Runoff:"

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* "CP Time - Black Governors:" https://www.cc.com/video/a8eojx/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-black-governors

* "Louisiana Votes Against Banning Slavery:" https://www.cc.com/video/zhaebp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-louisiana-votes-against-banning-slavery

* "Votedemic 2022 - Midterm Results:" https://www.cc.com/video/8qn7qy/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-votedemic-2022-midterm-results

* "So Much News, So Little Time - Legal Shrooms & More :" https://www.cc.com/video/wqpa5c/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-so-much-news-so-little-time-legal-shrooms-more

* I do not approve of the Ageism in here, but the topic doesn't get much coverage, so I'm posting with that caveat. "Ronny Chieng Teaches You About Asians - Veterans :" https://www.cc.com/video/q4ovhs/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ronny-chieng-teaches-you-about-asians-veterans

* "CP Time - Black Superheroes:" https://www.cc.com/video/ngl36x/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-cp-time-black-superheroes

* I remember how angry I was when I saw the Stepford remake. "Why Don't Worry Darling Doesn't Work ...:"

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* "You're Wrong about Black Panther (2018):"

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* "The Traumatic Camp of "Mommie Dearest":"

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* "99 Unused Red Balloons:"

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* "Doug Mastriano’s Supporters Are Waiting For God To Intervene:"

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* "Starr Andrews GPF Skate Canada Free:"

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* Wednesday a week ago, I did extended errands with Head and Techie Millennial. One of the many, many things I appreciate about Head Millennial as a companion besides obvious things like high quality of conversation, is things like the following.

So we had to change plans at the last minute to pick up Techie Millennial at their place instead of the downtown bus station, which meant we were doing our downtown errands first, then going North to pick up techie for errands up that way. Techie's errand was time dependent and normally we would have been able to do our stuff in half an hour or so and even with the bit of commute, we'd be fine. It was one of those days though, where everything took two to three times as long as it ought to for reasons out of our control. Short errands that should be five minutes stretched and stretched. I ended up having to do a lot of extra standing. There was no close parking at forage, which burned time and spoons for me with the extra hobbling. (Luckily there was medium parking.) all this meant we hit rush hour on the highway going north. Sigh. Luckily the place Techie needed to go was open til 5:30, and we picked them up just before 5. It was fine.

So we get to the Ethical Grocery aka the good general grocery store. (Employee owned, excellent for workers, fair prices, Good selection.) I was fine, mostly, pain wise. My legs were okay, but I was tiring, since I blew my energy on things like standing in line and medium distance parking. I could shop free. Me to head Millennial: I'm trying to decide if I should use the electric cart. Head Millennial, a person who knows my level of stubborn and stoic: If you are even thinking about it, you need one. Me: sigh.

They were right, of course. I had very little left by the time we got home, and miles to go before I slept.

We had a great time after they finished working, eating frozen pizza and watching what We Do in the Shadows.

...and this is why election things didn't post Wednesday. I was exhausted. I had other online things I needed to do. There wasn't enough left for links to go up, only yet more link prep on breaking news. Thursday, I was so exhausted I kept falling back asleep and didn't make it online until well after midnight. Election results keep rolling out.

I am sorry.

* Monday: So what’s happening here is I’m trying very hard to get as many of last week’s results up as possible. Obviously, I don’t know local papers in every state, nor am I granular on state and local politics outside of the states I follow most closely.

The slowness on posting this stuff, is because I’ve been having the kind of week where my body keeps vetoing things and imposing naps.

I’m going to have to sleep sometime, so I don’t expect to finish or have the aggregate up today, judging from the volume I still need to plow through.

Again, one disabled person in fragile health doing this as a hobby. hard physical limits are hard physical limits.

* We stepped outside to take Head Millennial home Monday evening, and the air smelled weird and wrong. I was breathing like a fish out of water by the time we got to the car. The sky was the wrong colour. It didn't smell like Wildfire though it was definitely Fire.

We turned a corner and a pillar of smoke came into view. It was massive, but it didn't move ore spread noticeably at the base the whole time we could see it. My guess was something at the port, either a large ship or a building. We were close enough to see it was likely too close to the water to be any of the non-port things. It was still closer to Head Millennial's place than i like.

Nothing was on the print news, but the local paper is a rag with a strong bias and they make up quotes, so.... IDK. maybe we'll find out tomorrow.

It was disturbing, a pillar that big and high against a bright orange sunset with the darkening sky above an eerie greenish blue.

I am, at this point, pasted together with caffeine. I only had a couple of hours sleep and the pain is impressive. I will do what I can before the crash comes.

* "These Creepy Abandoned Churches Are Strangely Beautiful:" https://www.outtraveler.com/virtual-travel/2022/10/28/these-creepy-abandoned-churches-are-strangely-beautiful#media-gallery-media-8

* This place was still famous for being proverbially bad when I was growing up. Like used as a reference to mean the worst place you could possibly sent right up there with an infamous asylum in Norristown. On a lighter note, I learned a children's song about Willie Sutton as a kid. I still have no idea what his crimes were, but I can sing a song still about his skill at escape. "A Virtual Tour of Spooky Eastern State Penitentiary:" https://www.outtraveler.com/virtual-travel/2022/10/24/virtual-tour-spooky-eastern-state-penitentiary#media-gallery-media-6

* "‘A Perfect Coach’: Indigenous Actor Josué Maychi Taught Mayan Language To ‘Wakanda Forever’ Cast :" https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/entertainment/josue-maychi-mayan-actor-language-wakanda-forever/?utm_source=facebook_wam&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=44879_josue_maychi_wakanda_forever&utm_term=&utm_content=new_article&fbclid=IwAR0uSyZakr7rd7wLfZ-4yBLyObp_dyJP4m-F5HdrpEI2i7Qq_8GXRPL7Szk

* Tumblr and Twitter as Mythology: https://nkjemisin.tumblr.com/post/700648661820014592

* The Late Traveler: https://dycefic.tumblr.com/post/679283678211375104/the-late-traveller

* Hob and the Baby Dream: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/700865395815596032/hob-holding-the-baby-nightmare-everybody-look

* Hob notices humans are frightened of Morpheus: https://laughingacademy.tumblr.com/post/700423623004078080/i-saw-your-comment-on-ao3-about-dream-knowing-hes

* The Midnight Society: JK Rowling hunts Daniel Radcliff: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1588195667666644992

* The Midnight Society: JK Rowling Hears Bad News: https://twitter.com/midnight_pals/status/1590462510368690176

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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.

* List of educational, diverse, and/or long term playable toys for things like Toys for Tots. High value toys for 20 dollars or less.: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/44WV8EVUP1Y

* On SCOTUS possibly repealing the act that prevents white people from stealing native babies, robbing them of their culture. contains how to help links at bottom: https://lovingmyselfishard.tumblr.com/post/701035342837547008

* How to help HarperCollins strikers: https://vaspider.tumblr.com/post/700611167247368192/waterhobbit-shaelit-we-interrupt-this-lovely

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Re: Netanyahu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I try very hard to do that in this space.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Living Homeless in the Desert:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If they win, Democracy dies in those states.

Please, please, please vote the whole ticket.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Elizabeth Warren Extended Interview:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* "Election Conspiracies Are Disrupting the Midterms:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can’t we try that just once?

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

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

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

* CW: Rape, Human Trafficking "Smooth Like Butter: The Slippery Underbelly of the Kpop Industry:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What the fuck is wrong with people?

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

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

* "The Outing of Kit Connor:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "Ghosts Are Legally Real:"

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

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

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

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* "Bail Reform:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* "5 Spooky Musicals That Are Totally UNHINGED:"

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* "Dr. Oz Is Surfin' PA:"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is talk of Tee shirts.

Possibly next week.

I already want one.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The help links are at the bottom under the cut.

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

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

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* "Political crisis continues in Baghdad after bloody clashes:" https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iran-iraq-baghdad-muqtada-al-sadr-62e9d144b591e60c43d72c3f4d2b7cbc

* "Rift between Tehran and Shi'ite cleric fuels instability in Iraq:" https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/iraq-iran-shiites/

* "UN report on Xinjiang ups pressure on brands from Nike to Airbnb:" https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/9/1/un-report-on-xinjiang-raises-pressure-on-firms-to-cut-ties

* "Nord Stream 1: Russia shuts major gas pipeline to Europe:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62732835

* "The ‘QAnon Queen’ Told Her Followers to Arrest Cops. It Didn’t Go Well.:" https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gb5y/queen-romana-didulo-citizen-arrest-qanon

* "Northern Ireland's first out gay party leader wants to nationalise energy:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/30/mal-ohara-green-party-northern-ireland-gay-leader/

* "Scotland school and waste service strikes called off after ‘credible’ pay offer:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/02/scotland-refuse-and-school-strikes-called-off-after-credible-pay-offer

* "Myanmar junta sentences ex-British ambassador to one year in prison:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/asia/myanmar-junta-jails-former-british-ambassador-intl-hnk/index.html

* "Ex-Tory MP accuses anti-trans groups of 'Machiavellian' lobbying in leadership race:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/02/ben-howlett-conservative-leadership-race-trans-lgb-alliance/

* "Edinburgh clean-up begins as refuse collections resume:" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/30/edinburgh-clean-up-begins-as-refuse-collections-resume

* "Police accused of blindsiding Grindr killer victims' families:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/30/met-police-stephen-port-compensation/

* "Eight arrested after climate activists superglue themselves around Commons Speaker’s chair:" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/extinction-rebellion-activists-superglue-themselves-commons-chamber-speaker-seat

* I have no words. "Stabbings in Canada kill 10, wound 15; suspects at large:" https://apnews.com/article/saskatchewan-stabbings-multiple-victims-suspects-sought-999fe33f8da5025e0e19a3010bae108f

* "Wave of bull runner deaths turns focus on Spain's fiestas:" https://apnews.com/article/sports-spain-valencia-8097c3b17a51c2aded36244becfa7045

* "Argentina's vice president is threatened by a man wielding a handgun:" https://www.npr.org/2022/09/02/1120688951/argentina-vice-president-threatened-handgun

* "Two Air France pilots suspended after cockpit fight:" https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/air-france-pilots-cockpit-fight/index.html

* "'Man of the Hole': Last of his tribe dies in Brazil:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62712318

* "Fears for independent media in India as tycoon eyes major news channel:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/24/india-ndtv-adani-media-takover/

* "Podcast leads to Australian’s conviction in wife’s murder:" https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/podcast-leads-to-australians-conviction-in-wifes-murder/

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* "Low vaccine booster rates are now a key factor in COVID-19 deaths – and racial disparities in booster rates persist:" https://theconversation.com/low-vaccine-booster-rates-are-now-a-key-factor-in-covid-19-deaths-and-racial-disparities-in-booster-rates-persist-187272

* "Long COVID: How researchers are zeroing in on the self-targeted immune attacks that may lurk behind it:" https://theconversation.com/long-covid-how-researchers-are-zeroing-in-on-the-self-targeted-immune-attacks-that-may-lurk-behind-it-169911

* "The government will no longer be sending free COVID-19 tests to Americans:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/29/1119880329/the-government-will-no-longer-be-sending-free-covid-19-tests-to-americans

* "US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-omicron-booster-shot-227514678d25a99b65b7ee092735fb03

* "5 Things Immunologists Want You to Know About Omicron-Specific Booster Vaccines:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/09/01/omicron-booster-shot/

* Don't fuck around with this. You could literally kill or permanently disable someone. "Californians working while sick with COVID-19, fooled by mild symptoms:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-27/otc-sat-7am-more-are-working-while-sick-with-covid-19-fooled-by-mild-symptoms

* "Black Covid long-haulers say doctors dismissed their symptoms, so now they’re relying on one another for support:" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-covid-long-haulers-felt-invisible-health-care-system-formed-supp-rcna44468

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* "Why people are advised to take iodine tablets in the event of a nuclear disaster:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/why-people-are-advised-to-take-iodine-tablets-in-the-event-of-a-nuclear-disaster-147302981817

* "Russia's war in Ukraine puts fragile nuclear power plant in peril:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-s-war-in-ukraine-puts-fragile-nuclear-power-plant-in-peril-147305541654

* "UN inspectors arrive at Ukraine nuclear plant amid fighting:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-united-nations-ce8c3e254c8dd44b8ae4eb3cea3c5907

* "Ukraine wages counterattack to reclaim Russia-occupied Kherson:" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/30/ukraine-launches-counterattack-to-reclaim-russia-occupied-kherson

* "Against Fierce Resistance, Ukraine Makes Small Gains in the South:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-south-kherson.html

* "A Frontline Shadow Economy: Ukrainian Units Swap Tanks and Artillery:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/world/europe/ukrainian-soldiers-weapons-front-line.html

* "Ukrainian Women Are Clearing Unexploded Bombs From Ukraine:"

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* "“We Felt Like Hostages”: Ukrainians Describe Forcible Transfers and Filtration by Russian Forces:" https://theintercept.com/2022/09/01/ukraine-russia-war-forced-deportations/

* "It's back to school in Ukraine — but far from normal:" https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-education-efe7f1cc5610f6605c5256c8c5323e47

* "At edge of Russian onslaught, city of Bakhmut clings to freedom:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/02/ukraine-bakhmut-frontline-city/

* "A Russian paratrooper seeking asylum in France describes disarray in Putin’s military.:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/world/europe/russian-defector-france-book.html

* "What Russians See in the News: A War Over Western Plans to Subjugate Them:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/world/europe/russian-media-ukraine-war.html

* I am a bit late for Ukrainian Independence day, but given current offensives, now is an excellent time to donate: https://www.hospitallers.life/needs-hospitallers

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* "Navy expedites waterborne drones to close gap with China:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-china-robotics-pacific-ocean-b8262b737593a07ca28d8b99b0f2555d

* "Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan | Where Do We Go From Here?:"

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* Of course they are. "Conservatives Plot Legal Challenge To Joe Biden’s Student Debt Relief:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-student-debt-relief-legal-challenge_n_6310d394e4b063d5e622a63d

* "Student Loan Forgiveness a win for progressives:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-sunday-show/watch/student-loan-forgiveness-a-win-for-progressives-147186757936

* "Warren ‘has had it with idea’ that people needing student debt relief are slackers:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/student-debt-relief-recipients-are-hardworking-middle-class-working-class-folks-sen-warren-says-147381829846

* "Biden sounds newly strong alarm: Trumpism menaces democracy:" https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-donald-trump-presidential-philadelphia-5d0f7c02df093f0d3a3340474a53be4b

* "If Biden's speech sounded divisive and extreme, here's why.:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-if-biden-s-speech-sounded-divisive-and-extreme-here-s-why-147640901565

* "Mortgage rates soar to their highest levels since late June:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/01/mortgage-rates-soar-their-highest-levels-since-late-june/

* "Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans:" https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-small-business-us-secret-service-ed482641a658543f4db9e2ec5121153e

* "Census Bureau: 3.8 million renters will likely be evicted in the next two months — why the rental crisis keeps getting worse:" https://moneywise.com/managing-money/debt/millions-of-renters-on-verge-of-eviction

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

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

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

* Of course they are."Election workers abruptly quit, upending rural Texas county:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/election-staff-abruptly-quits-upending-rural-texas-county

* "Public service agencies, large and small, chilled by violent threats from Trump supporters:" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/public-service-agencies-large-and-small-chilled-by-violent-threats-from-trump-supporters-147302981574

* Of course they are. Check your voter registration. "Trump Allies Back Mass Challenge to Voter Eligibility in Georgia:" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-01/trump-allies-back-mass-challenge-to-voter-eligibility-in-georgia

* Why voting in school board elections matters: https://magnesiumflare.tumblr.com/post/694342530748350464

* Important 2022 Senate Races and how to donate: https://bibliomancer7.tumblr.com/post/694338688722796544

* "Abortion policy motivating potential voters, Minnesota State Fair attendees say:" https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/09/02/abortion-policy-motivating-potential-voters-minnesota-state-fair-attendees-say

* "Another Republican Scrubbed His Support for Total Abortion Ban on Website Before Midterms:" https://jezebel.com/another-republican-scrubbed-his-support-for-total-abort-1849468223

* "Senate candidate Dr. Oz, who once defended Roe v. Wade, earlier this year said abortion is 'still murder' at any point in a pregnancy, according to a report:" https://www.businessinsider.com/daily-beast-dr-mehmet-oz-abortion-murder-any-point-pregnancy-2022-8

* "Fetterman slams Oz demand that he fire 'wrongfully convicted' brothers who received clemency over 1993 murder:" https://www.businessinsider.com/fetterman-slams-dr-oz-demand-he-fire-wrongfully-convicted-brothers-2022-9

* "'Nasty': Hayes on Oz’s ‘shockingly disingenuous’ attack on Fetterman:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-nasty-hayes-on-oz-s-shockingly-disingenuous-attack-on-fetterman-147642437803

* They stole money from the country's poorest children to give to a rich cis white straight guy. I'm not sure if it's possible to be more Repubilcan than that. It is the purest distillation of the Republican christian agenda. "FBI questions Brett Favre in Mississippi welfare scandal:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nations-poorest-state-used-welfare-money-pay-brett-favre-speeches-neve-rcna45871

* "Out LGBTQ+ Elected Officials Jump to Record Level in Past Year:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/8/19/out-lgbtq-elected-officials-jump-record-level-past-year

* "Democrat Peltola beats Palin in Alaska special election upset:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/31/democrat-peltola-beats-palin-in-alaska-special-election-upset-00054428

* This makes me so happy. "Palin loss suggests waning voter indulgence of Trump-style spectacle candidates:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/palin-loss-suggests-waning-voter-indulgence-of-trump-style-spectacle-candidates-147476549631

* "Ginni Thomas pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn Biden’s 2020 victory:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/09/01/ginni-thomas-wisconsin-bernier-tauchen/

* "Judge again rejects Graham bid to throw out subpoena in Atlanta-area Trump probe:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/01/graham-subpoena-atlanta-trump-probe-00054527

* "Judge rejects bid by Gov. Kemp and Trump attorney Chesebro to quash subpoenas:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/29/judge-kemp-trump-attorney-subpoenas-00054053

* "Lindsey Graham’s prediction of riots reads more like a threat:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/lindsey-graham-trump-riots-threat-reckless/

* "What Is Lindsey Graham Doing to Try to Prevent 'Riots' If Trump Is Charged With a Crime?:" https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41020367/lindsey-graham-riots-trump-indicted-mar-a-lago/

* "With no excuses left, Trumpworld turns to threatening violence amid docs probe:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/with-no-excuses-left-trumpworld-turns-to-threatening-violence-amid-docs-probe-147293253882

* "'That's a fascist statement:' Cicilline on Lindsey Graham’s 'riot' threat:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-that-s-a-fascist-statement-cicilline-on-lindsey-graham-s-riot-threat-147294789514

* "Historian: Graham saying Republicans will riot if Trump's indicted ‘like race-baiter from the '20s’:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/graham-saying-republicans-will-riot-if-trump-s-indicted-like-a-race-baiter-from-the-20s-beschloss-says-147298885767

* "‘This is the fight of our lifetime’: Rep. Cicilline on poll showing expectations of civil war:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/biden-slams-the-maga-republican-threat-to-the-rule-of-law-147380805858

* "For civil rights community, defending democracy mirrors fight for voting rights:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/for-civil-rights-community-defending-democracy-mirrors-fight-for-voting-rights-147650117574

* "What if Trump's conspiracy was way bigger than we know?:" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-seditious-conspiracy-2657964597/

* "Intel officials to assess national security fallout from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/27/intel-officials-national-security-fallout-trumps-mar-a-lago-documents-00054006

* "Ex-chief of DOJ Counterintelligence Section analyzes photo of Mar-a-Lago docs:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/ex-chief-of-doj-counterintelligence-section-analyzes-photo-of-mar-a-lago-docs-147464773684

* "Trump delay tactics risk stalling important security review of compromised material:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-delay-tactics-risk-stalling-important-security-review-of-compromised-material-147475525716

* I have serious concerns. "Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-6bd103a8e418166b17a34d77e8d9102d

* "What to understand about the empty folders found at Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/what-to-understand-about-the-empty-folders-found-at-mar-a-lago-147647557870

* "Folder marked ‘classified’ apparently on display at Trump 45-themed bar:" https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/folder-marked-classified-apparently-on-display-at-trump-s-45-themed-bar-147640901659

* "Sparse precedent could earn Supreme Court attention for Mar-a-Lago search:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/sparse-precedent-could-earn-supreme-court-attention-for-mar-a-lago-search-147648581835

* "Review of possibly privileged Trump papers already over:" https://apnews.com/article/florida-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-92eadcf7c102d1f64b8603caa816e796

* "Days before Mar-a-Lago subpoena, Trump lawyer claimed she scoured his office, closets and drawers:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/31/days-before-mar-a-lago-subpoena-trump-lawyer-claimed-she-scoured-trumps-office-closets-00054369

* "Trump team likely sought to conceal classified docs at Mar-a-Lago, DOJ tells judge:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/30/trump-justice-department-filing-warrant-00054319

* "Obstruction now a major focus in Trump documents probe:" https://apnews.com/article/florida-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-government-and-politics-05541b18c364a484891f2b3076bf1847

* "Trump Mar–a-Lago affidavit reveals ‘handwritten notes,’ highly classified material led to warrant request:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/26/trump-mar-a-lago-affidavit-release-00053944

* "If It Were Anyone Else, They’d Be Prosecuted:" https://politicalwire.com/2022/08/31/if-it-were-anyone-else-theyd-be-prosecuted/

* "Three weeks after Trump announced FBI search he's yet to say why he had documents at Mar-a-Lago:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-mishandling-of-classified-documents-now-under-review-for-security-risks-147298373770

* "House committee reaches deal to get Trump financial records:" https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-personal-taxes-subpoenas-investigations-962ba3fef1ae51133a53005a289b675c

* "Ex-NYPD officer sentenced to record 10 years for Jan. 6 riot:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ex-nypd-officer-gets-10-years-in-prison-for-jan-6-attack/2022/09/01/5284375e-2a34-11ed-a90a-fce4015dfc8f_story.html

* "Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rioter-who-encountered-senator-gets-over-4-years-in-prison/2022/08/29/529497c8-27bb-11ed-a90a-fce4015dfc8f_story.html

* "Man suspected of randomly killing 3 ‘terrorized’ Detroit, police chief says:" https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-aud-detroit-shootings-suspect-20220829-tnlwyafd7jfhtb7znxi6kv6uka-story.html

* "A Venezuelan family's harrowing, 10-country trek to New York City, with their Pitbull in tow:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/us/venezuela-family-journey-new-york/index.html

* "Dust and Bones:" https://atmos.earth/climate-change-heat-mexico-border-migrant-deaths/

* Do Not Want. "Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’:" https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-d395409ef5a8c6c3f6cdab5b1d0e27ef

* "The Humiliating History of the TSA:" https://www.theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa-history-airport-security-theater-homeland

* "Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/panel-west-point-should-rename-lee-barracks-nix-kkk-art/2022/09/01/e95ca73e-2a42-11ed-a90a-fce4015dfc8f_story.html

* "Christian Mission Ousted from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation after Distribution of Hate Materials:" https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/christian-mission-ousted-from-pine-ridge-indian-reservation-after-distribution-of-hate-materials

* "‘The results confirm our fears’: Federal school test scores dropped during pandemic:" https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/01/federal-school-test-scores-dropped-pandemic-00054414

* "Judge tosses suit that tried to deem books obscene for kids:" https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/judge-tosses-suit-deem-books-obscene-kids-89070787

* "Gender Queer author says it's 'dangerous' to ban books on LGBTQ+ people and sex:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/02/gender-queer-maia-kobabe-dangerous-ban-lgbtq-books/

* It includes massive racist censorship of libraries and curriculum as well. "Texas School District Adopts Antigay, Anti-Trans Policies:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/24/texas-school-district-adopts-antigay-anti-trans-policies

* CW: Sexual Abuse, Domestic Abuse. "The DISTURBING Depp & Marilyn Manson Texts. Is Manson's Wife a Victim or "Amber 2.0"?:"

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* "California bill to make vasectomies cheaper goes to governor:" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/california-bill-make-vasectomies-cheaper-governor-89129882

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* CW: Rape "Ukrainian Refugees Arrive In Reproductive Rights Nightmare:"

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* "Abortion pill: Why Japanese women will need their partner's consent to get a tablet:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62515356

* "Their ancestors came to America. After Dobbs, they want out.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/29/dual-citizenship-european-union-germany-italy/

* This is terrifying. "U.S. government sues Idaho data company it says tracks people at abortion clinics:" https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/us-government-sues-idaho-data-company-says-tracks-people-abortion-clin-rcna45316

* "New Texas trigger law makes abortion a felony:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119795665/new-texas-trigger-law-makes-abortion-a-felony

* "Veterans Affairs says it will provide abortions — even in Texas:" https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/02/va-abortions-veterans-texas/

* "South Carolina House approves abortion ban with exceptions:" https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Abortion-ban-faces-exceptions-fight-in-South-17406528.php

* Republicans are absolutely ideologically opposed to democracy and human rights."Abortion bans are terrible. The debates over them are actually worse.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/09/01/abortion-ban-bill-south-carolina-house/

* "Michigan Republicans block abortion referendum, setting up showdown:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/31/michigan-abortion-ballot/

* "'We're a part of this movement, too.' Transgender and nonbinary people say they feel excluded from the abortion fight:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/27/us/transgender-nonbinary-abortion-reproductive-care-reaj/index.html

* "Forced parenthood and failing safety nets: This is life in post-Roe America:" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/abortion-bans-states-social-safety-net-dobbs/

* "Forced Pregnancy Is What They Want, Not What They're Willing to Tolerate:"

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* "Cost of living crisis forcing trans youth to 'choose between eating and hormones':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/31/akt-cost-of-living-crisis-lgbtq-trans-youth/

* Security decided to allow people to use the memorial to our dead as a urinal and made zero effort to protect it. "National Trans Memorial 'irreparably damaged' by fire during Manchester Pride:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/30/nation-trans-memorial-fire-manchester-pride/

* "Wisc. School Board Affirms Ban on Pride Displays & Preferred Pronouns:" https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/8/19/wisc-school-board-affirms-ban-pride-displays-preferred-pronouns

* "Anti-Trans Policy on Bathroom Access Considered by Va. School Board:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/8/10/anti-trans-policy-bathroom-access-considered-va-school-board

* "Judge Blocks Utah Trans Sports Ban, While Probe of Athlete Emerges:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2022/8/19/judge-blocks-utah-trans-sports-ban-while-probe-athlete-emerges

* "Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment:" https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119634878/childrens-hospitals-are-the-latest-target-of-anti-lgbtq-harassment

* "Black trans woman Dede Ricks murdered in Detroit:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/03/dede-ricks-black-trans-woman-murder-detroit-michigan/

* "Monkeypox: US confirms 31 child cases in latest outbreak update:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/01/monkeypox-child-cases-us/

* "White House Accelerates Monkeypox Vaccine Efforts with 1.8 million Doses:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2022/8/18/white-house-accelerates-monkeypox-vaccine-efforts-18-million-doses

* "Newest Details on Human-to-Animal Monkeypox Transmission:" https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2022/8/17/newest-details-human-animal-monkeypox-transmission-0

* "A mutated virus, anti-vaxxers and a vulnerable population: how polio returned to the US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/29/polio-us-vaccines-new-york-rockland-county

* "Covid, monkeypox, polio: Summer of viruses reflects travel, warming trends:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/09/01/summer-viruses-covid-19-monkeypox-polio/

* "Jeunesse the MLM Company With 16 Lawsuits to Their Name:"

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* "How Drug Users Developed a Key Approach to Fighting Covid:" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/opinion/harm-reduction-covid.html

* "U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Again in ‘Historic’ Setback:" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/health/life-expectancy-covid-pandemic.html

* "Bacteria’s Immune Sensors Reveal a Novel Way to Detect Viruses:" https://www.quantamagazine.org/bacterias-immune-sensors-reveal-a-novel-way-to-detect-viruses-20220829/

* "Zombie cells central to the quest for active, vital old age:" https://apnews.com/article/zombie-cells-central-quest-active-vital-old-age-e52713983444185dcd6ed116305d0764

* "The Right to Privacy for Nonspeaking Autistics:" https://neuroclastic.com/privacy-nonspeaking-nonverbal-nonspeaker-autism-autistic/

* "Britney Spears shares horrifying new details about abusive conservatorship:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/29/britney-spears-conservatorship-audio-abuse/

* "The Weird Psychological Theory behind Gym Class:" https://daily.jstor.org/the-weird-psychological-theory-behind-gym-class/

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* "Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches:" https://apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland-climate-and-environment-9cd7662658ebbeaba05682352de8aa87

* "Ocean heat reached all-time high in 2021, report finds:" https://www.axios.com/2022/09/01/ocean-heat-reached-all-time-high-2021-report-finds

* "Switzerland's vanishing glaciers threaten Europe's water supply:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62689707

* "The Colorado River drought is coming for your winter veggies:" https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/23310631/colorado-river-drought-arizona-california-farms

* "Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?:" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02813-6

* "Pakistan floods caused by 'monsoon on steroids,' says UN chief in urgent appeal:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/asia/pakistan-flood-damage-imf-bailout-intl-hnk/index.html

* "In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede:" https://apnews.com/article/floods-health-pakistan-united-nations-monsoons-6849f83a664ff0022e82a775aaf7fd3b

Want to help? https://islamic-relief.org/appeals/pakistan-floods-appeal/

* "A flash flood emergency in northwestern Georgia is at least a 1-in-200 year event:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/weather/georgia-flash-flood/index.html

* "‘Very dangerous’ heat may reignite fire season in western U.S.:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/29/western-california-heatwave-fires-forecast/

* "Get ready for Southern California's hottest and longest heat wave of the year:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-29/heat-wave-southern-california-hottest-longest-2022

* "Wildfire reaches 4,240 acres in Barrett Junction area; 2 hurt, at least 4 structures destroyed:" https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-08-31/quick-moving-brush-fire-threatening-homes-in-barrett-junction-area-of-east-county

* "Route fire near Castaic explodes to 5,100 acres; 8 firefighters suffer heat-related injuries:" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-31/fire-5-freeway-castaic-route-fire

* "Growing wildfire threatens thousands of structures in SW Oregon:" https://www.koin.com/news/wildfires/growing-rum-creek-fire-southwest-oregon-threatens-structures-08312022/

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* "The Lessons of Uzbekistan’s Lost Sea:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/08/29/uzbekistan-russia-climate-change-global-warming/

* This is a man made disaster and the goal of Republican policy making. "GOP Repeatedly Opposed Infrastructure Upgrades. Now This Mississippi City Has No Safe Water:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/30/gop-repeatedly-opposed-infrastructure-upgrades-now-mississippi-city-has-no-safe

* "Mississippi state capital has no "reliable running water" after river flooding:" https://www.axios.com/2022/08/30/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-flooding

* "The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, has gotten so bad, the city temporarily ran out of bottled water to give to residents:" https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/us/jackson-water-system-failing-tuesday/index.html

* "Water crisis in Jackson, MS is decades in the making:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/water-crisis-in-jackson-ms-is-decades-in-the-making-147391045747

* "Jackson, MS water catastrophe lays bare state's failures of governance:" https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/jackson-ms-water-catastrophe-lays-bare-state-s-failures-of-governance-147476549879

* "Jackson mayor slams ‘circumstances of divestment’ for contaminated water in Mississippi's capital:" https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/jackson-mississippi-s-contaminated-water-product-of-circumstances-of-divestment-mayor-says-147646021656

* "Fishermen begin legal campaign over dead shellfish:" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-62679557

* "UK looks to Sweden for a solution to nuclear waste:" https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62677534

* "The Himalayas' ancient earthquake-defying design:" https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220825-kath-kuni-the-himalayas-ancient-earthquake-defying-design

* "Now hiring: US offshore wind ramps up, workers taught safety:" https://apnews.com/article/united-states-massachusetts-energy-industry-climate-and-environment-bc94888f71341ad785878203d46841fb

* "How the Car Industry Made Walking Illegal:"

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* "Robinhood: From Hero to Sellout:"

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* "Elon Musk and the Power of Money:"

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* "Elon Musk sells $7B in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter fight:" https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/elon-musk-sells-7b-tesla-shares-ahead-twitter-88188111

* "Africa’s Cold Rush and the Promise of Refrigeration:" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/22/africas-cold-rush-and-the-promise-of-refrigeration

* "NASA won't try to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission again for at least a few weeks:" https://www.npr.org/2022/09/03/1120742884/nasa-artemis-1-launch-saturday-time-moon-mission-rocket-orion-sls

* "Rock-hunting NASA rover reveals Martian crater's surprising geology:" https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/rock-hunting-nasa-rover-reveals-martian-craters-surprising-geology-2022-08-25/

* "NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has made oxygen 7 times in exploration milestone:" https://www.space.com/mars-moxie-experiment-makes-oxygen

* "Seahorse fathers give birth in a unique way, new research shows:" https://phys.org/news/2022-09-seahorse-fathers-birth-unique.html

* "The mysterious inner life of the octopus:" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220720-do-octopuses-feel-pain

* "Why Birds Changed Their Tune During the Pandemic:" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bird-songs-changed-pandemic

* "Cry wolf? Debate over presence of wolves in Northeast:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cry-wolf-debate-presence-wolves-northeast-88889723

* "US Agents in Memphis Seize Shipped Ancient Egyptian Artifact:" https://www.voanews.com/a/us-agents-in-memphis-seize-shipped-ancient-egyptian-artifact-/6719448.html

* "History Summarized: Cleopatra:"

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* This is such a horrifying mix of good urban design and horrific Stepford fascist dystopia. "Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.:"

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* "Defunctland: The History of the Worst Six Flags Coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight:"

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* "Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended cold war, dies aged 91:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/mikhail-gorbachev-dies-soviet-leader-92

* For balance an Eastern European perspective on Gorbachev: https://tuulikki.tumblr.com/post/694253693907959808

* "Faust to go (Goethe in 9 minutes, English version):"

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* It's been an exhausting week. I had a ton of RL, I am bad in the heat, and I am still in the aftermath of the extreme pain incident, though noticeably improved. I haven't gotten around to scheduling the blood work follow up due to various alarms and excursions, but I can intuit some of the results from the fact that when I went to get my prescription strength D, there were two other prescription strength vitamins waiting for me. No wonder I'm exhausted. We gave up taking me off the prescription strength D for half a year... half a decade ago? Longer? My levels drop as soon as I stop taking them. My chronic anemia was fixed by a drug I was on for a while years ago, but my body seems to have finally bounced back to it's natural state. The third one, I'm pretty sure is related to me not being able to chew as my main dietary source involves fresh vegetables, which inability honestly could be causing the anemia or making it worse also. (For someone not anatomically equipped to menstruate, it's a stupid problem to have. IDK, maybe vampires? sigh.)

Actually, the blood tests were not long after we finally got an oven again (Thank all of you who helped), and honestly the no oven and no chewing were a double whammy to my nutrition since last late Winter? Spring? I've lost track. It's certainly made protein hella challenging. I bet the tests captured my absolute nadir, but it really does explain why I'm still feeling pretty crap.

As of this writing, at the turning of Wednesday into Thursday, I am a week away from being able to chew. I missed so many salad's this summer. I have gone to bed hungry because I don't have the spoons to cook something soft and most of my emergency foods I would normally eat are dangerous. I fantasize about cheese and crackers. I fantasize about toast and sandwiches and pizza and caramels and nuts.

I have eaten the first garden tomatoes though. Two undersized volunteer specimens damaged by the fucked up weather patterns over the weekend, and one full sized perfect heritage tomato I nommed today despite the slight danger posed by the skin, all three fresh from the vine and sun warmed. the flavour was so rich...

I am not explaining this past week here, because most of the things aren't mine to talk about, just know that my found family look after their own.

* We have continued to take the forage boxes, even though they are wasteful because a lot of times I'm too ill to go down in person or I have conflicting medical stuff and there's even less at the in person anyway. squirrel and I get separate boxes and we don't share food and have mutually exclusive medical diets. They put in a program a little while back where there are four types of boxes instead of one. Problem was they made us get the same type and I couldn't get the vegan box if Squirrel was to get his meat. (I'm vegetarian, not vegan, but the vegan box is the only one promising safe for me protein. In person hasn't had safe for me protein since the pandemic except for things like dried beans that are too much work).

This month they worked out a way for us to separate our deliveries and Friday we got the first split delivery. It is a lot less wasteful, and the way it's wasteful can't be helped. (EX: Squirrel can't eat eggs and won't eat carrots. I can't eat egg yolks and can only use the small amount of whites in baking. We literally haven't had an oven that could bake since last winter until a couple of weeks ago, and Ii haven't been able to chew since some point last spring. Cutting two dozen eggs to one is helpful, but we're still going to be giving eggs away to other poor people. We still can't use twenty carrots a week. When I could chew one or two carrots a week was maximum usage). There are still a bunch of things we are simply going to have to give away to other poor people or take to the food bank and things no one we know can use. (Squirrel, several of my Millennials, and I all can't digest onions, for example). There is a fundamental problem because there can't be customization at this scale, but at least having four box types is a step forward.

Get this, the vegan box came with Impossible burger meat! There was enough for two. Head Millennial made me one Saturday and it was delicious. we used tomatoes and lettuce from the garden, with ketchup and some of the good Mexican Revolutionary hot sauce. (I forget the name, but it has the round ball top?) Omnomnom.

Saturday, a few of us went out to look at Halloween store displays (aka. free haunted houses), as Spirit opened up at the mall. While we were out I got fresh fruit and an eggplant, head Millennial promises to cook when we are not so tired.

It's not that we've been ignoring my nutrition, but it has been just stupid hard to make good food I can eat until recently. It's still a struggle. I'm so tired of being hungry all the time.

Wednesday can't come soon enough. I noticed when brushing Saturday morning the preliminary's starting to loosen. I'm hoping it will hold together until Wednesday as it already hurts when I brush.

* The sky is still the wrong colour and everything smells scorched and toxic, but round about Thursday or Friday, the wind pattern snapped back into something like normal. We even had a little drizzle Sunday evening. We can't dismantle the heavy air filtration until the inland fires are done, but everything is much more bearable now in our tiny micro-climate.

I am still tired and hungry, but I'm starting to feel a little better. There was a really good sale on Beyond Burger when we stopped in to the Cheapie looking for soft foods, so I got some. It's not that I don't have Bocas in my freezer, but something in this feels like it's filling a nutritional hole. Pea protein? IDK. They are usually far to expensive to buy, but I'm guessing theirs a local glut or something. They are too much work for me to cook in my current state, but Head Millennial can make them well.

* Thank you to everyone who contributed to the recent fundraiser. Friday, I was informed the transwoman is housed and has funds to carry her to safety in the North once her paperwork is sorted.

* Every time they run that add where the father tells his daughter he loves his son best and then the father and son smugly fist bump and the ad pretends this is cute and funny I want to slap an ad executive and whoever okayed it at whatever company's product is is trying to sell. Some kind of chicken? IDK. I don't eat meat, so really all I notice is the decision to normalize cruelty and emotional abuse in an ad that runs multiple times an hour.

What kind of monster thinks this is okay?

* I am disgruntled over the Animal Kingdom finale. I'm fine with what happens to Craig. Andrew's fate, annoying as the Jay outcome is, made complete sense with his series character arc and this season's arc particularly, so it worked for me. I was pretty sure this was where Jay's arc was going from season one on and much as I'd have loved a twist, it makes character and narrative sense, and I never let my hopes get up for something different.

It's Darren that burns me. It seems to me they could have cut like 30 seconds of the endless boring shot of Jay looking around and used that to show a quick shot of Darren in an airport disembarkation area. If it wasn't worth the price of Adrian's actor or he wasn't available, they could have shot over the shoulder of a body double to show Darren's face as he sees who's waiting. They could close shot as they wrap their arms around each other. Simple, neat, and they'd have one fucking arc in there with a happy ending, for the character who's arc all series was realizing he wanted something better for himself and that included love.

Instead, a brilliantly acted devastating scene, but no real resolution. Did he make it to Mexico and on to Thailand or Indonesia? Get shot by cops? Get arrested?

With Black Sails, the Schrodinger's ending made sense thematically and characterize given the double layer of unreliable narration. I don't hate ambiguous endings where they fit with everything else. I hate it here because you have four characters we've been following since episode one, and oops! Only the gay one doesn't get a real ending of his own, just again a beautiful acted reaction to the end of the least interesting of the four character's story, and it feels so fucking cheap and having had at least half the season to anticipate them selling the gay character's arc short doesn't make me any less disgusted by it.

* Am I furious over the "Freddie" episode of What We Do in the Shadows for at least five reasons? Yes. I'm waiting to see where the last episode goes before I decide where I am on the show as a whole.

* A Dracula Daily exchange I am proud of regarding 8/31's entry (Arthur begging Seward to examine Lucy): https://krinsbez.tumblr.com/post/694198358156443648/random-dracula-thoughts-august-30th

* "Act of Grace: Masculinity, Monstrosity, and Queer Catharsis in Our Flag Means Death:" https://www.tor.com/2022/04/25/act-of-grace-masculinity-monstrosity-and-queer-catharsis-in-our-flag-means-death/

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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.

* Pakistan is experiencing absolutely catastrophic floods: https://islamic-relief.org/appeals/pakistan-floods-appeal/

* Fundraiser for a librarian under threat for Fighting Censorship: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fees-for-librarian-amanda-jones

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* "Brother of Manchester bomber found guilty of murdering 22 innocent people in Ariana Grande terror attack:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/manchester-bomber-terror-attack-hashem-abedi-trial-ariana-grande-old-bailey/

* I'm going to section off coronavirus stuff in the aggregation between the dotted lines, so people who need to skip can skip without losing the other stuff.

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* "The EU travel ban explained:" https://www.politico.eu/article/the-eu-european-union-coronavirus-covid19-travel-ban-explained/

* "U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-100/2020/03/17/f8d770c2-67a8-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html

* "Covid-19 hits doctors, nurses and EMTs, threatening health system:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-19-hits-doctors-nurses-emts-threatening-health-system/2020/03/17/f21147e8-67aa-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html

* "VA’s mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/03/16/va-fourth-mission-website/

* "A Top Cancer Hospital Faces Mask Shortages As COVID-19 Cases Show Up In Staff And Patients:" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/a-top-cancer-hospital-faces-mask-shortages-as-covid-19

* "U.S. Military Prepares Hospital Ships for Deployment, to Open Its Labs:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-prepares-hospital-ships-for-deployment-11584471429

* "White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/coronavirus-fatality-rate-white-house.html

* "Emergency stimulus to soar above $1 trillion:" https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/coronavirus-1-trillion-emergency-stimulus-133821

* "Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired:" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html

* "U.S. Postpones April 15 Tax Payments for 90 Days for Most Americans:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-postpones-april-15-tax-deadline-for-90-days-for-millions-of-americans-11584463242

* "Texas coronavirus cases prompt Gov. Greg Abbott to activate National Guard:" https://www.texastribune.org/2020/03/17/texas-coronavirus-cases-prompt-greg-abbott-activate-national-guard/

* "Idris Elba on coronavirus diagnosis: 'This disease does not discriminate':" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-03-17/idris-elba-coronavirus-update-twitter

* "Outgoing acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney under self-quarantine:" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/outgoing-acting-white-house-chief-of-staff-mick-mulvaney-under-self-quarantine-coronavirus/

* "Stephanie Grisham, White House press secretary, self-quarantines after coronavirus exposure:" https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/stephanie-grisham-white-house-press-secretary-self-quarantines-after-coronavirus-exposure/

* "Rush Limbaugh took a day off, and his replacement wasted no time blaming ‘the gays’ for coronavirus:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/18/rush-limbaugh-show-mark-steyn-gay-coronavirus-homophobia-donald-trump-san-francisco/

* "A Message to the Media on Implicit Bias:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2020/3/16/message-media-implicit-bias

* "Perhaps the most significant story from a former Sad Puppy ever:" https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/perhaps-the-most-significant-story-from-a-former-sad-puppy-ever/

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* "Justice Dept. abandons prosecution of Russian firm indicted in Mueller election interference probe:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/us-justice-dept-abandons-prosecution-of-russian-firm-indicted-in-mueller-election-interference-probe/2020/03/16/5f7c3fd6-64a9-11ea-912d-d98032ec8e25_story.html

* Primary Results:

Washington State (They just finished counting):
Joe Biden 43 37.9% 581,860
Bernie Sanders 41 36.5% 560,837

Florida:
Joe Biden 130 61.9% 1,070,825
Bernie Sanders 48 22.8% 395,069

Illinois:
Joe Biden 93 59.1% 909,460
Bernie Sanders 46 36.1% 554,974

Arizona (88% as of 2AM)
Joe Biden 26 43.6% 231,507
Bernie Sanders 22 31.6% 168,149

Delegate Totals (1,991 to win nomination):
Biden 1147
Sanders: 861

* "Pride in London calls on government to take urgent action on Poland’s ‘LGBT-free’ zones:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/pride-in-london-poland-lgbt-free-zones-dominic-raab-ambassador-arkady-rzegocki/

* "Meet Charmaine McGuffey, the Lesbian Running for Sheriff in Ohio:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/2020/3/17/meet-charmaine-mcguffey-lesbian-running-sheriff-ohio

* It bans intersex girls too. "Idaho just banned trans girls from competing in school sports because clearly there’s nothing else for politicians to do right now:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/idaho-trans-intersex-school-girls-athletics-ban-vox/

* "This teenager went to a sex party with two gay men and a trans woman. He returned an hour later and murdered all three:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/03/17/devon-robinson-detroit-us-sex-party-murder-gay-men-trans-woman/

* "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Mad Hatter's Tea Party (The Royal Ballet):"

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* "The Tart Adage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The Royal Ballet, 2017):"

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* "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - The Caterpillar (The Royal Ballet):"

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* "Tape Five Geraldine's Routine:"

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* Today I discovered the contractors are disinfecting all the surfaces they are touching before they leave at the end of the day, which removes a worry. (They already are wearing heavy masks and gloves.)

It looks like they expect to be at it through Thursday as the whole tub being slightly too big complicates things. Luckily for the cats, the living room equipment and materials pile is bout a third smaller and they were able to watch the gazebo bird show Tuesday evening.

* The Tuesday news was made extra challenging to compile because cats. Tavy turning off the computer. Elder Kitty pooping everywhere. Bonus: multiple surprise reboots.

* A saga for the Ages: https://gallusrostromegalus.tumblr.com/post/612911240137801728/muirin007-wait-wait-wait-have-i-not-told

* Free printable coloring books: https://gumroad.com/theonicole

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

* 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/am-website?refcode=website-nav

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

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

* Want to support Christy Smith in the primary for Katie Hill's seat?: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_ca25

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

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
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The dry food I was going to try is this one: https://www.chewy.com/blue-buffalo-wilderness-flatland/dp/176663

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

* "Employee kills four with knife at Paris police HQ:" https://www.bbc.com/news/49921145

* "Hong Kong protests flare after face mask ban:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49939173

* "Iranians tried to hack U.S. presidential campaign in effort that targeted hundreds, Microsoft says:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/04/iran-tried-hack-us-presidential-candidates-journalists-effort-that-targeted-hundreds-microsoft-finds/

* "Barr Went to Rome to Hear a Secret Tape From Joseph Mifsud, the Professor Who Helped Ignite the Russia Probe:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/barr-went-to-rome-to-hear-a-secret-tape-from-joseph-mifsud-the-professor-who-helped-ignite-the-russia-probe

* "Trump Called Boris Johnson for Help Discrediting Mueller Inquiry:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-called-boris-johnson-for-help-discrediting-mueller-inquiry-report

* "Schiff slams Trump's call for China to investigate Bidens as "repugnant":" https://www.axios.com/adam-schiff-trump-china-investigate-biden-0ebae628-1220-4e16-9522-81ffc598c1b9.html

* "Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/politics/trump-biden-call-xi-secure-server/index.html

* "Clinton proves prescient as Trump makes China outreach a reality:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/clinton-proves-prescient-as-trump-makes-china-outreach-a-reality-70678085757

* "Rice: Trump proposing to sell out U.S. on China for personal gain:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-trump-proposing-to-sell-out-u-s-on-china-for-personal-gain-70677573586

* "Ukraine will review probes into owner of gas company linked to Biden's son:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/ukraine-investigations-biden-son-review-intl/index.html

* "Trump now openly soliciting foreign interference:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-trump-now-openly-soliciting-foreign-interference-70582853634

* "Rep. Connolly: ‘We have to call this what it is—extortion’:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-connolly-we-have-to-call-this-what-it-is-extortion-70583877942

* "Texts From Top Diplomat Described ‘Crazy’ Plan to Keep Aid From Ukraine:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/kurt-volker-impeachment.html

* "Text messages between US diplomats and Ukrainians released by House Democrats:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/politics/chairs-on-volker/index.html

* "Officials’ texts reveal belief that Trump wanted probes as condition of Ukraine meeting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/this-is-when-the-inquiry-gets-real-former-us-special-envoy-to-ukraine-testifies-in-impeachment-probe-today/2019/10/03/51365c1b-5a01-4e44-872a-299b67949a5e_story.html

* "Volker Gives New Details on Giuliani’s Role in Ukraine Policy:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/politics/volker-giuliani-ukraine.html

* "CIA top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump call:" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/cia-s-top-lawyer-made-criminal-referral-whistleblower-s-complaint-n1062481

* "House Democrats subpoena White House over Ukraine documents:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/04/donald-trump-impeachment-latest-mike-pence-ukraine-documents

* "Giuliani consulted on Ukraine with imprisoned Paul Manafort via a lawyer:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/giuliani-consulted-on-ukraine-with-imprisoned-paul-manafort-via-a-lawyer/2019/10/02/7a6dc542-e486-11e9-b7da-053c79b03db8_story.html

* "Officials’ texts reveal belief that Trump wanted probes as condition of Ukraine meeting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/this-is-when-the-inquiry-gets-real-former-us-special-envoy-to-ukraine-testifies-in-impeachment-probe-today/2019/10/03/51365c1b-5a01-4e44-872a-299b67949a5e_story.html

* "Trump Envoys Pushed Ukraine to Commit to Investigating Biden:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/trump-ukraine.html

* "Rice: We've been through worse than this and come out stronger:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rice-we-ve-been-through-worse-than-this-and-come-out-stronger-70676037844

* "Chris Hayes on how the text messages destroy Trump’s alibi:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-hayes-on-how-the-text-messages-destroy-trump-s-alibi-70667845720

* "Trump Ordered Ukraine Ambassador Removed After Complaints From Giuliani, Others:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-ordered-ukraine-ambassador-removed-after-complaints-from-giuliani-others-11570137147

* "Pentagon orders the preservation of all records relating to Ukraine:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/politics/pentagon-preserves-ukraine-records/index.html

* "State Department inspector general gives Congress documents that Giuliani provided:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/politics/state-department-inspector-general-briefing-congress/index.html

* "A Gay Congressman Gets Real on Trump's Impeachment and Pence's Future:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/10/03/gay-congressman-gets-real-trumps-impeachment-and-pences-future

* "Justice Department lends its firepower to defend Trump in investigations into his private finances:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-lends-its-firepower-to-defend-trump-in-investigations-into-his-private-finances/2019/10/03/e05c65f4-e542-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html

* "There's another whistleblower complaint - about Trump's tax returns:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/there-s-another-whistleblower-complaint-about-trump-s-tax-returns-70585413552

* "Treasury IG probing department's refusal to give Democrats Trump's tax returns:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/04/treasury-inspector-general-trump-tax-028830

* "At heart, Trump Ukraine scandal simple, impeachable, uncontested:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/at-heart-trump-ukraine-scandal-simple-impeachable-uncontested-70677573774

* "Energy Secretary Rick Perry eyeing exit in November:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/03/rick-perry-expected-to-resign-000189

* "Ilhan Omar: Impeachment Pioneer:"

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* "Joe Biden: People of Faith Should Support Trans Equality:" https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/10/03/joe-biden-people-faith-should-support-trans-equality

* "‘You lied’: Florida official interrupts awards ceremony to confront deputy who ‘falsely arrested’ him:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/30/tamarac-commissioner-police-officer-rogue-cop/

* "Amber Guyger’s 10-year murder sentence sparks both protests and an act of forgiveness:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/02/botham-jeans-family-friends-testify-during-amber-guyger-sentencing/

* "The Botham Jean Murder Verdict and Its Complex Emotional Aftermath:"

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* "SCOTUS will review Louisiana abortion law, setting up blockbuster election year showdown:" https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/04/supreme-court-review-louisiana-abortion-restrictions-000275

* "Both Sinn Fein and the DUP have voted against a motion in support of same-sex marriage:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/04/sinn-fein-dup-voted-against-same-sex-marriage-abortion/

* "Prince George's Bisexuality Explored in New Docuseries:" https://www.advocate.com/media/2019/10/04/prince-georges-bisexuality-explored-new-docuseries

* "Judge Kills Conversion Therapy Ban, Not Convinced Practice Is Harmful:" https://www.advocate.com/youth/2019/10/04/judge-kills-conversion-therapy-ban-not-convinced-practice-harmful

“This is a dangerous decision that puts some of our most vulnerable young people at risk,” Jon Harris Maurer, Equality Florida’s director of public policy, said in a press release. “The decision stands completely alone in its reasoning. Regardless of this decision, experts agree that conversion therapy is a dangerous and sometimes deadly practice, and we know it is still routinely practiced on children and teens in Florida. We support the city of Tampa’s leadership in protecting minors, and the Florida legislature can and should also act immediately to protect children from this fraudulent practice.”

* "Man who fractured a woman’s spine after she kissed a female friend on the subway pleads guilty:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/04/hate-crime-homophobic-new-york-allasheed-allah/

* "Man who shot trans woman seven times has been released back onto the streets:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/04/dallas-anti-trans-crime-shooting-domingo-ramirez-cayente-daniela-calderon/

* "Mainstream Media Finally Pays Attention to Killings of Trans Women:" https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/04/mainstream-media-finally-pays-attention-killings-trans-women

* "Mormon Leader: Gender Assigned at Birth Is Eternal:" https://www.advocate.com/religion/2019/10/03/mormon-leader-gender-assigned-birth-eternal

* "University professor comes out as trans in powerful and moving viral letter:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/03/coming-out-trans-amy-ko-university-washington-viral/

* "Please Don't Fire My Teacher Because She's Gay:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/10/02/please-dont-fire-my-teacher-because-shes-gay

* "FDA Approves New Drug for PrEP, Which May Offer Less Side Effects:" https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/10/03/fda-approves-new-drug-prep-which-may-offer-less-side-effects

* "Impeachment: Trump Has Officially Gone Off the Deep End:"

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* "Mike Pence Takes HHS To The Past:"

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* "Bernie Sanders's Heart Procedure, the FBI's Facebook Strategy & Sugar Daddies for Underpaid Teachers:"

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* The Fantastic, Absolutely Tremendous Road to Impeachment - Mike Pence's Role in Ukrainegate":"

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* "Trump Stole His Border Alligators Idea From President Obama:"

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* Some of you my remember that I ordered a case of Tofurkey gravy in September, only to get called in later because we can no longer get that here. The other place I know that used to carry it stopped about half a decade ago. I refuse to check Whole Paycheck. I do not want to encourage them, plus i'm pretty sure it'd be twice as expensive as I was getting a good discount from the coop. So i let them switch my absolutely perfect tofurkey gravy for something cheaper.

Look, I know how to make gravy. I used to make my own back in the before time when I wasn't this sick. It involves a lot of standing up and stirring. Which is, you know, painful. so Gravy i can heat up in a microwave and get like four meals out of was wonderful. The Tourkey gravy had the perfect texture and honestly tasted a bit better than mine. I used to buy a case at beginning of season and one at end and store them in my freezer so i could have things like Boca chick'n and gravy all year round. Omnomnom. No more.

The new gravy is not good. It might as well be broth from a taste and texture perspective, so essentially useless in it's current form. I have a whole case of it. Sigh. It's not bad, just painfully bland and not even close to gravy texture.

So today I got out a saucepan and made roux. I added a whole lot of garlic and nutritional yeast and tossed in some herbs de Provence. Not ideal, but the texture is right and the taste improving. I'll need to tinker with the seasoning. Put a bunch of sage in, that sort of thing. I've stowed it in the fridge for more experimentation. This is way the fuck more work than I wanted to do. The whole point of ready gravy is this is a sandwich I can make quickly when I don't have a lot of leg left, but I need protein. Still I'm not wasting food at least. the mushroom base is fundamentally sound, it just not gravy for some reason.

I wish tofurkey gravy were still a thing. Sigh.

* I got polled today. It was for local city council stuff. It started with a host of important issues, all of which honestly ought to be on the agenda. It then went super granular about a package of aggressive climate change abatement measure designed to shit the small city closer to carbon neutral. honestly, they'd do better if they went heavily subsidized, but I'm not in charge and it sounds really bold even for this deep blue bit of the I-5 corridor. Good on them for trying.

This is why local elections matter, yo! This sort of thing wouldn’t even be contemplated if my local city council weren’t so blue and the local environmental lobby hadn’t organized to fight hard for potable water against the polluting red business interests.

* AHS: While I actually rather like the bold choice to make all the main women characters villains (one not confirmed, but I think her version of her back story is hinky), I am not best pleased that the only two characters of color were a coward and a villain.

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

* "How you can help Hurricane Dorian disaster relief:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/hurricane-dorian-disaster-relief-how-you-can-help

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

* How to donate to Rainbow Road: https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

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

* Angry about the concentration camps on our Southern Border? Here is a list of useful things you can do: https://medium.com/@togetherandfree/feel-helpless-amidst-the-horrific-immigration-news-youre-not-how-you-can-make-difference-today-108dc42de88e

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

Here is a massive list of things you can do to help refugees inside and outside of the Camps: https://s-leary.tumblr.com/post/185783586806/so-youve-probably-seen-the-post-going-around

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

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

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a 1994 Lost Boys type thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* If you are interested in helping, right now the Cat thing we need most is:
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* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/2108835.html

* "Venezuelans rush to cross Peru border:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48644801

* "Venezuela: hyperinflation leads to new banknotes for second time in a year:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/12/venezuela-releases-new-bank-notes-bolivars-hyperinflation

* "Venezuelans adopt recycling habits amid economic uncertainty:" https://www.apnews.com/fa6b1d8d8f194be1aac5a3b9b2d53fcc

* "Deaths reported as protests against Haiti's President Moise turn violent:" https://www.france24.com/en/20190610-haiti-anti-corruption-protest-turns-violent

* "The man behind #BlueForSudan:" https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-48647568/sudan-friends-pay-tribute-to-victim-of-sudan-protests

* "Couple attacked on London bus say Boris Johnson is unfit to be PM:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/15/couple-attacked-london-bus-boris-johnson-unfit-pm/

* "Ebola crosses a porous border:" https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48635969

* "Ugandan medics now tackling Ebola say they lack supplies:" https://www.apnews.com/9be2288e0bad444c86d00e3d0bef806c

* "How Trump ‘opened world to attack U.S. elections’ expert believes:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-comments-on-foreign-interference-can-impact-2020-experts-say-62015045724

* "2020 candidate Booker: ‘I’ve changed my opinion’ on impeachment:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/2020-presidential-candidate-cory-booker-has-changed-on-impeaching-trump-62018117544

* "SC Dems want to end gerrymandering. Obama AG Eric Holder is here to back them up:" https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article231510448.html

* "Trump Wants To Limit Aid For Low-Income Americans. A Look At His Proposals:" https://www.npr.org/2019/06/11/730639328/trump-wants-to-limit-aid-for-low-income-americans-a-look-at-his-proposals

* "Activists call for end to family separations with cage installations:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/12/new-york-city-no-kids-in-cages-protest-family-separations

* "MSNBC’s Mariana Atencio details her immigration story in new book:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-administration-s-child-detention-and-border-crises-fester-62018117712

* "How Border Patrol Occupied the Tohono O’odham Nation:" http://inthesetimes.com/article/21903/us-mexico-border-surveillance-tohono-oodham-nation-border-patrol/

* "Daily Beast Contributor Wins $4.1 Million From Neo-Nazi for ISIS Smear:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-beast-contributor-dean-obeidallah-wins-dollar41-million-from-neo-nazi-andrew-anglin-for-isis-smear

* "Neo-Nazi site must pay $4.1 million after falsely calling Muslim-American radio host a terrorist:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/neo-nazi-site-must-pay-4-1-million-after-falsely-calling-muslim-american-radio-host-a-terrorist-62013509989

* "Black Sheriffs Are Less Likely to Pursue Low-Level Arrests Against People of Color:" https://psmag.com/news/why-are-white-sheriffs-more-likely-to-pursue-low-level-arrests-against-people-of-color

* "Phoenix Police Threaten to Shoot a Pregnant Woman After Her Daughter Reportedly Stole a Doll:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/phoenix-police-threatens-couple-doll-theft.html

Who hasn’t either done this or had a sibling do this innocently at that age or younger. Little kids sometimes grab things.

The police brutalized and traumatized that family and nearly murdered a pregnant woman for not being willing to harm her one year old on command over a one dollar doll.

* "'Take your charge like a man': Baltimore police video shows takedown of bystander that led to officer's arrest:" https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-ethan-newberg-bodycam-20190614-story.html

* "How Abortion Bans Target the LGBTQ Community:" https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/6/15/how-abortion-bans-target-lgbtq-community

* "Student creates improved chest binder that could change lives for trans men:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/15/student-new-chest-binder-change-lives-trans-men/

* "Fla. governor blames staff for stripping out ‘LGBTQ’ in proclamation honoring victims of Pulse shooting:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/12/fla-governor-blames-staff-absence-lgbtq-proclamation-honoring-victims-pulse-shooting/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e5930121e246

* "FL Gov. backtracks after omitting LGBTQ reference in proclamation on the Pulse shooting:" http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/florida-governor-desantis-backtracks-after-omitting-lgbtq-reference-in-a-proclamation-on-shooting-at-the-pulse-gay-nightclub-62015045885

* "33 times Trump was anti-LGBT this past year:" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/14/president-trump-birthday-anti-lgbt/

* "Gay waiter wins $20,000 settlement after being branded a 'faggot':" https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/14/gay-waiter-wins-20000-settlement-branded-faggot/

* "More Wildfires Bring Focus On How All That Smoke May Harm Firefighters:" https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731435003/more-wildfires-bring-focus-on-how-all-that-smoke-may-harm-firefighters

* TW: Dead Animals "The relentless slaughter of wolves paved the way for a predator that refuses to die:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/06/03/killing-wolves-was-supposed-solve-problem-created-one-that-will-last-forever/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.82d63e70593c

* "The Man Who's Said 'Bite Me' to 200 Snakes and Survived:" https://www.outsideonline.com/2395803/snakebite-antivenom-tim-friede

* "Why New York Can’t Have Nice Things:" http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/new-york-infrastructure-costs.html

* "‘Bread is practically sacred’: how the taste of home sustained my refugee parents:" https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/jun/13/bread-is-practically-sacred-how-the-taste-of-home-sustained-my-refugee-parents

* Friday I didn't get even close to enough sleep, but I made it out to forage. The plan was to aim for bed at one, but I'd accumulated a ridiculous quantity of articles I'd read, but hadn't posted and it turned into a viscous cycle.

It'll be fine, I thought. I can sleep in. Ha! No! It was for a good reason. Squirrel wanted to go to a movie and had a free extra ticket, so we went to see MIBs International. It did not live up to it's cast. It was watchable, but super predictable. It was way better than MIBs II but that's a super low bar. It actually was funny in spots and the tone was good. It's just with that cast and a better cast they could have kicked ass. Instead they did forgettable.

So I'm barely functional and pasted together with stronger meds because the pain is winning.

In other news, whoever made Smokin Aces II had zero understanding of why the original was so good. Ugh. Also, it didn’t have any plot twists, which is weird for a movie like this, since they telegraphed the ending really obviously really early on and the only suspense was which character I didn’t care about would die next.

In other other news, I finished Chernobyl and spent a good half hour crying during and after. Damn.

...And literally while typing this I managed to knock half of the only gold earrings in the house out of my ear. These are irreplaceable financially and I need them because my left ear closed up during the long burn recovery. I felt it come out; I saw it fall; it wasn't anywhere it could have landed or anywhere near where it could have landed. My Grandmother gave me these. They are not things I'd have picked for myself but they remind me of her. The are also unidirectional, which makes it worse aesthetically to only have one.

Shit. Next time I'm sick too long and they close up again, I won't have something safe to stick in both holes if I need to re-pierce both at once.

* "African Artist and Japanese Designer Create Stunning Kimonos By Mixing Cultures:" https://nextshark.com/wafrica-african-artist-and-japanese-designer-create-stunning-kimonos-with-african-art/?fbclid=IwAR3jILGnKSMDZu3uv0VIOyLb2srkBx5uasPE00E4LWOY93kFS3OS3qsyK9U

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

* They are changing the HUD rules to allow discrimination against trans folk. Here is how/where to complain: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1643597.html

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

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

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? www.nerdykeppie.com

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a science Fiction eldritch horror thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* "How China Is Wiping Memories of Tiananmen Square off the Internet:" https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/7xge3b/chinese-dissidents-are-running-out-of-ways-to-remember-tiananmen-square

* "African Union suspends Sudan after deadly violence:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48545543

* "'Bodies pulled from Nile' after Sudan crackdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48512413

* "An Urgent Mystery: Who's Attacking Ebola Responders In Congo — And Why?:" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/06/04/726139304/an-urgent-mystery-whos-attacking-ebola-responders-in-congo-and-why

* "Trump Says No Deal With Mexico Is Reached as Border Arrests Surge:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/politics/mexico-tariffs.html

* "U.S.-Mexico tariff talks spill into Thursday as deadline looms:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/trump-mexico-tariff-fight-1353638

* "Trump to decide on $300 billion China tariffs after G20 meeting:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ireland-trump-china-idUSKCN1T70OQ

* "REPORT: Iraqi who urged U.S. strikes on Iran spent 26 nights at Trump Hotel:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/report-iraqi-who-urged-u-s-strikes-on-iran-spent-26-nights-at-trump-hotel-61459525860

* "Robert Mueller could be subpoenaed in the next two weeks:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/06/nadler-subpoena-mueller-1356183

* "House Dem leaders to give chairmen broad power to enforce subpoenas:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/06/house-chairmen-sue-trump-administration-1356454

* "Pelosi tells Dems she wants to see Trump ‘in prison’:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/05/pelosi-impeachment-1355435

* Re: Impeachment. They need to arrest every single person who refuses a subpeona, just like they would if a poor person does it. This is the only way we have any hope of saving the rule of law. If they don't start arresting people, then they are complicit with the republican attempt to overthrow Democracy.

Look, I warned y'all back in 2016, if we didn't take the Senate in 2018, we couldn't get an Impeachment conviction. Thing is though? We need Public Hearings. People need to hear people testifying. It's easy to ignore eleven indictable offenses in a 400+ page Mueller Report, especially with FOX "News" and Republicans lying over and over again that they aren't there. If you have hearings five days a week with people telling what actually happened, it's a lot harder to ignore.

Approximately 33% will always back 45 no matter what he does. Public Hearings aren't going to do anything there, but there is the whole rest of the Electorate. They need to hear the testimony. We need a majority of Americans, preferably a large majority of Americans to understand that a criminal is in the White House. Yes, he's committed a ton of Crimes in broad daylight and anyone actually paying attention knows this, but a lot of people aren't paying attention beyond the occasional sound bite. We need to reach them. Public hearing are a big step towards telling the general public what happened.

It's why documents, while necessary, aren't enough. It's why private testimony isn't enough. People need to hear people talking in their own words.

If they can do public hearings properly without labeling them Impeachment Inquiries, that's progress. If they can't and need the extra powers it grants, then they need to do that.

The truth needs to penetrate the bubbles if we want any sore of accountability. That means public protests. That means polling suggesting strong support for Impeachment itself.

Democrats need to shit or get off the pot. Enforce subpoenas, enforce court orders, hold the damned hearings under whatever the fuck name makes sense, but if they sit around being wishy washy and weak then we will continue to bleed momentum and we can not afford that.

If they sit on their hands, they will continue to erode the rule of law, obstruct justice, abuse power, allow hostile foreign powers to have their way with our electoral system, and the blatant bribery and general corruption will continue to worsen and spread.

We are in a fight for our lives against Autocracy and if we give up now, if we stop keeping the pressure on, if we don't organize and protest and keep contacting our Congress Critters to Complain, WE LOSE EVERYTHING.

* "Michael Flynn fires legal team with sentencing looming on federal charges:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/06/michael-flynn-fires-legal-team-1356175

* "Audio of Trump lawyer call to Flynn published as case shifts:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/audio-of-trump-lawyer-call-to-flynn-published-as-case-shifts-61463109725

* "Roger Stone Reportedly Demands Ex-CIA Chief Brennan Be 'Hung' For Treason On Instagram:" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/roger-stone-instagram-john-brennan-hung-for-treason_n_5cf499d2e4b0e346ce8055ef

* "Trump's empty Cabinet positions have exceeded any recent president, and it's not even close:" https://www.axios.com/trump-cabinet-vacancies-65a66f00-a140-4b49-887f-3c1bcf6469a7.html

* "Public's buy-in on Trump impeachment guides some Democrats' views:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/public-s-buy-in-on-trump-impeachment-guides-some-democrats-views-61462085893

* "Joe Biden reverses his position on the Hyde Amendment:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/joe-biden-reverses-his-position-on-the-hyde-amendment-61457989909

* "De Blasio cracks down on scofflaw ice cream vendors with Operation Meltdown:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/de-blasio-cracks-down-on-scofflaw-ice-cream-vendors-with-operation-meltdown-61459525748

* "This is what Scot Peterson did during the Parkland school shooting:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/04/us/parkland-scot-peterson-actions/index.html

* "Military to spend a month painting border barriers to "improve aesthetic appearance":" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-to-spend-a-month-painting-border-barriers-to-improve-aesthetic-appearance/

* "Lessons from history as U.S. detains more migrants:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/lessons-from-history-as-u-s-detains-more-migrants-61457989855

* "At the only abortion clinic left in Missouri, doctors live and work in uncertainty:" https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-abortion-clinic-doctors-missouri-illinois-20190606-story.html

Missouri Republicans have forced doctors to start inflicting medical rape on patients without bothering to run it through the legislature or announcing that they are doing this terrible thing to traumatized Doctors and patients.

If you live in Missouri now is a good time to get out and protest and/or contact your State Reps.

* "Missouri forcing invasive pelvic exam on women seeking abortion:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/missouri-forcing-invasive-pelvic-exam-on-women-seeking-abortion-61462597599

* "Missouri unnecessary pelvic exam rule invites ire of women voters:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/missouri-unnecessary-pelvic-exam-rule-invites-ire-of-women-voters-61462085841

* "Missouri secretary of state bats down referendum on new abortion law:" https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-secretary-of-state-bats-down-referendum-on-new-abortion/article_ad83ba84-d4b7-52c8-9d9c-41210597b211.html#1

* "Jewish, LGBTQ, feminists NGOs condemn DC Dyke March for Jewish Star ban:" https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jewish-LGBTQ-feminists-NGOs-condemn-DC-Dyke-March-for-Jewish-Star-ban-591732

* I am old enough that some of our neighbors panicked and fled when Three Mile Island happened. My parents studied the news and decided that we were likely okay, and we stayed. As things turned out they were correct that we were far enough away and the weather conditions wrong for us to need to go.

Chernobyl was terrifying, but for those of us living through it in real time, the details were all obscured by the Iron Curtain. The Soviets wanted to hide as much as they could of it. The accident was too fucking big to hide from the world, but they could hide what happened on the ground, the cruely and incompetence and the occasional stunning bravery.

This is why my most lasting impression is from the early 90's. See, when the wall came down, all sorts of documents and information about all sorts of things were suddenly available to historians and film makers in the West. My Lover and I used to like to watch the documentaries and programs made in the chaos of the sudden collapse.

They had a thing on Chernobyl that has haunted me ever since, which I likely watched in '92 or '93. It had never seen before footage, information from suddenly unclassified documents and even interviewees. Most of the interviewees were scientists or historians, but they had this one guy who really stood out. He was a military officer with one of those occasionally stunning faces that the steppes produce. Beautiful dark eyes and cheekbones to die for and his manner was entirely different from everyone elses. he had this charming, darkly humorous give no fucks quality to him. He was obviously intelligent and well educated and he had this strange mix of eyewitness and more detached historical and scientific understanding. he was the heart of the thing, a storyteller, his expert testimony threading through it, describing events once the military was called in to deal with things. He must have studied everything he could get his hands on about it after the event. He talked so engagingly about it all: What the plan was, what he was ordered to do, what his men did, the statistics on how utterly unsurvivable the mission was, interspersed with doomed soldiers jogging in and out with their burdens, truing to cement in the exploded core.

At some point very late in the program he casually mentioned that everyone else is dead. Every single soldier, the other officers who did the on the ground part of the mission at his level and below and that he was going to be dead very soon of incurable cancer.

Oh.

And I think that's the point it really hit us. The scale and horror and inevitability of that kind of death at that level of exposure. You can hear about the doomed first responders buried in their lead lined boxes, and that stats for how many seconds or minutes etc.. of exposure at various degrees of closeness, but it didn't hit like that man talking calmly with now fucks at all to give about what his government did to him and his men because someone, at that point had to do it and they were all considered expendable. He spoke so freely because there wasn't a damned thing his government could do to him that it hadn't already. He was dead even if his body hadn't quite figured it out yet. He was likely completely dead by the time me and my late lover, still in beautiful youth were cuddled up on his Mother's sofa watching the ghost of some handsome soldier from the steps tell us how so many people died.

I've started watching the new mini-series, which fills in some things they hadn't quite fit together back then. It's very good. It's going to take me awhile, because it hurts, because it's real, because that charming dead man still haunts me decades later while I watch this, a stand in for all the others who died fast or slow, but who all died far too soon.

* "Getting to Know Dem - Elizabeth Warren:"

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* "Trump Turns Down An Irish Castle For An Irish Airport:"

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* "What The 'Straight Pride' Parade Won't Have:"

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* "Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas: Union Labor:"

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

* They are changing the HUD rules to allow discrimination against trans folk. Here is how/where to complain: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1643597.html

* Angry about the Republicans banning birth control and abortion inn several states? Consider protesting, donating, or volunteering:

Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

The Center for Reproductive Rights
https://www.reproductiverights.org/

NARAL
https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/

The American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/

Access Reproductive Care: Southeast
https://www.arc-southeast.org

NNAF
https://abortionfunds.org/

the Yellowhammer Fund
https://yellowhammerfund.org/

Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund
https://msreprofreedomfund.org/

Women Have Options
http://www.womenhaveoptions.org/

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escape repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

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

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

This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a science Fiction eldritch horror thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* "Remainers won these elections – and they’d win a second Brexit referendum:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/28/remainers-eu-elections-second-brexit-referendum

* "European elections: far-right 'surge' ends in a ripple:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/27/european-elections-far-right-surge-ends-in-a-ripple

* "Hungary's Fidesz wins 52% of vote; Orban vows to halt immigration:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-election-hungary-orban/hungarys-fidesz-wins-52-of-vote-orban-vows-to-halt-immigration-idUSKCN1SW062

* "Gang violence blamed for dozens of prisoner deaths in Brazil:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/28/at-least-42-prisoners-found-strangled-in-brazil-jail-clashes

* "Stabbing of 17 Children Shocks Japan, Where Parents Trust Streets Are Safe:" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/world/asia/japan-stabbing-schoolchildren.html

* "Pentagon briefing drought nears 1-year mark amid Iran tension:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/29/pentagon-press-briefing-iran-1346093

* "U.S. Says Russia Likely Conducting Low-Yield Nuke Tests, Defying Test Ban Treaty:" https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-says-russia-likely-conducting-low-yield-nuke-tests-defying-test-ban-treaty-11559135102

* Is anyone surprised it's a scheme to drive small farms out of businesses while giving big agribusiness corporate welfare at taxpayer expense while also dramatically raising the tax rate for ordinary consumers? "Rich farmers, not mom-and-pop farms, will collect most of Trump’s tariff bailout:" https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-trump-farm-bailout-20190528-story.html

* "A new report further undermines Trump’s claim that the tax cuts were economic ‘rocket fuel’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/28/new-report-further-undermines-trumps-claim-that-tax-cuts-were-economic-rocket-fuel/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4074fde161a4

* "Full transcript: Robert Mueller’s statement on the Russia investigation:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/29/robert-mueller-statement-russia-investigation-text-transcript-1346453

* "What the Mueller Report Actually Said:" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/mueller/590467/

* "As he exits, Mueller suggests only Congress can ‘formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing’:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/special-counsel-robert-mueller-to-make-statement-on-russia-investigation/2019/05/29/f14fd226-8217-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7d09761c2a03

* "Robert Mueller Was Telling Nancy Pelosi to Begin Impeachment Proceedings:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/robert-mueller-to-nancy-pelosi-begin-impeachment-proceedings.html

* "Mueller stirs up Democratic impeachment agitation:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/29/mueller-statement-emboldens-dems-on-impeachment-1346513

* "DOJ agrees to make Mueller court activity public, with some redactions:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/politics/mueller-court-activity-public/index.html

* "Andrew Miller, an aide to Roger Stone, will testify before Mueller grand jury after months-long subpoena fight:" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/andrew-miller-an-aide-to-roger-stone-will-testify-before-mueller-grand-jury-after-months-long-subpoena-fight/2019/05/29/1c446e86-8233-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b9719b62e645

* "Mueller makes clear onus for Trump accountability is on Congress:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-makes-clear-onus-for-trump-accountability-is-on-congress-60537925653

* "Cory Booker on impeachment: Trump can't be allowed to be above the law:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/cory-booker-on-impeachment-trump-can-t-be-allowed-to-be-above-the-law-60529221937

* "Flynn's case could prompt release of some redacted parts of Mueller report:" https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/27/politics/michael-flynn-emmet-sullivan-mueller-report/index.html

* Take this one with a grain of salt. "Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book says:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/mueller-trump-obstruction-charge-michael-wolff-book-siege-under-fire-news

* "Amash accuses Barr of selling Trump's 'false narrative':" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/amash-william-barr-false-narrative-1345523

* "Republican calls for impeachment after reading Mueller report:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republican-calls-for-impeachment-after-reading-mueller-report-60470853699

* "GOP Rep. Amash Doubles Down on Call for Impeachment:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-rep-amash-doubles-down-on-call-for-impeachment-60464197704

* Whatever else one might say about Justin Amash, he clearly has spine and some care for the rule of law, which is incredibly rare amoung Republicans. I'm impressed, because what he's doing is hard and he really seems to be sticking to his guns under a large amount of pressure. I may not agree with him on a list of things, but I actually respect him given his performance in the town hall.

* "Trump’s New Climate Plan Involves a Guy Who Compared Pollution to ‘Jews Under Hitler’:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-new-climate-plan-840748/

* "Trump assault on climate science:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-assault-on-climate-science-60467269763

* "McConnell: Republicans would confirm a justice during 2020 election:" https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/28/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-1346094

* If you live in South Carolina and have time and/or money, you might consider donating and/or volunteering. "Jaime Harrison to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in 2020:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/jaime-harrison-to-challenge-lindsey-graham-for-senate-in-2020-60470853675

* "Hickenlooper brings reproductive rights record to national stage:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hickenlooper-brings-reproductive-rights-record-to-national-stage-60536389848

* "Hickenlooper on U.S. disunity: Trump the symptom, not the disease:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hickenlooper-on-u-s-disunity-trump-the-symptom-not-the-disease-60536901776

* I'm going to repeat that I'll vote for whoever the Democrats pick to run for president. I also want tosay I admire his birth control thing. However? This interview shows why I'd rather him in the senate or governer's mansion and won't vote for him in the primary.

* "Moulton opens up about PTSD, presents new mental health policy:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/moulton-opens-up-about-ptsd-presents-new-mental-health-policy-60471365547

* "McConnell blocks bills to combat election interference:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mcconnell-blocks-bills-to-combat-election-interference-60531781794

* "GOP official resigns after "voter fraud" debacle:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-official-resigns-after-voter-fraud-debacle-60466245960

* It's likely abortion will be effectively completely banned in Missouri starting Friday night.

* "Missouri at risk of being only state with no abortion services:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/missouri-at-risk-of-being-only-state-with-no-abortion-services-60470341731

* "Last Missouri abortion clinic could soon lose license:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/last-missouri-abortion-clinic-could-soon-lose-license-60465733921

* "Theresa May's Somber Resignation Speech, Traffic Jam on Mount Everest & El Chapo's Prison Demands:"

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* "Trump's Adventure in Japan:"

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* "Mitch McConnell's Supreme Court Villainy, Netflix's Pro-Choice Activism & A Weatherman's Outrage:"

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* Elder Kitty is ill, which explains her uncharacteristic behavior the last few of days. The imperial couple seem fine so far, though Livia is clearly stressed out because of LM's behavior. I'll be watching them for signs of change. I did both liters last night and not trouble there, though I'm keeping an eye out. LM is very old and has been having digestive issues the last year plus. Up until Monday night she's been the most active and mentally alert this half year than she's been since the last of her original cohort died several years previous. She's herself enough to be her usual grumpy self with the Imperial couple and defend her turf, and is still eating and drinking, so we're just keeping an eye on her in case she worsens.

* Note: I woke up in too much pain to roll over Tuesday. I was rather heavily medicated Tuesday evening and both days were news firehoses. I've done what I could, but I am super behind.

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

* They are changing the HUD rules to allow discrimination against trans folk. Here is how/where to complain: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/1643597.html

* Angry about the Republicans banning birth control and abortion inn several states? Consider protesting, donating, or volunteering:

Planned Parenthood
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

The Center for Reproductive Rights
https://www.reproductiverights.org/

NARAL
https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/

The American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/

Access Reproductive Care: Southeast
https://www.arc-southeast.org

NNAF
https://abortionfunds.org/

the Yellowhammer Fund
https://yellowhammerfund.org/

Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund
https://msreprofreedomfund.org/

Women Have Options
http://www.womenhaveoptions.org/

* Want to help LGBTQIA+ folk escape repressive regimes? https://www.rainbowrailroad.com/donate

* Donate to HIAS to help refugees: https://act.hias.org/page/6048/donate/1

* Want to contribute directly to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services fund? "Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services:" https://www.raicestexas.org/

* Support Kids at the Border: http://brigdh.tumblr.com/post/175022384240/support-the-kids-at-the-border

* The Rainbow Road and other ways to help Gay Refugees: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/160470723507/the-rainbow-railroad-is-helping-gay-men-escape

* Upset about the abuse of big cats by people who shouldn't be allowed to keep them? Big cat rescue is trying to change laws to protect wild animals. "Cat Laws:" https://bigcatrescue.org/cat-laws/

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

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

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

* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* This is a cool person and the clothes are being made from an ethical source. Looking for cool inclusive Pride themed merch? https://www.etsy.com/shop/NerdyKeppie?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=24021616

* HorrorMux is open for apping the next story, which is a science Fiction eldritch horror thing. Available Archetypes are here. I'm Martyr/Angel if you want to find me.: http://horrormu.com/index.php/Available

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com or paypal.me/Gwydion

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

* "Democratic progress for Russia obstructed by extended Putin reign:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/democratic-progress-for-russia-obstructed-by-extended-putin-reign-1227932739961?playlist=associated

* "Russia's Alexei Navalny arrested as 1,600 detained nationwide:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/05/russian-police-arrest-more-than-200-anti-putin-protesters-siberia

* "Did Trump just set the stage for war?:" http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/did-trump-just-set-the-stage-for-war-1228719171817

* "Trump admin eyed for effort to smear Obama Iran deal architects:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-admin-eyed-for-effort-to-smear-obama-iran-deal-architects-1227919939672?playlist=associated

* "Scott Pruitt's growing scandals:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/scott-pruitt-s-growing-scandals-1227849795890

* "Trump administration to step up family separation at the border:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/07/trump-administration-family-separation-border-519220

* She did not explain how all this focus on children's health fits with her husband's plan he just announced to steal food and health care from children. These goals seem fundamentally at odds. "Melania Trump unveils her platform, tells kids to 'Be Best':" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/07/politics/melania-trump-unveils-platform-be-best/index.html

* "Trump anti-family border policy tramples Melania message on kids:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-anti-family-border-policy-tramples-melania-message-on-kids-1227909699985?playlist=associated

* "Among GOP voters, does a heel turn...help?:" http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/among-gop-voters-does-a-heel-turn-help-1227854915755

* "Hawaii volcano eruption leaves residents wondering about fate of homes:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/us/hawaii-kilauea-volcano/index.html

* I went to bed early because I was exhausted and my head/ear hurt. I managed about five hours sleep. I ended up finishing the Lies of Locke Lamora instead. It was the sort of thing I love on paper, but I was lukewarm until about half way through when I really took to it. The end was brilliant and I loved the way a lot of things that looked like world building were really an arsenal of Checkov's guns. Very well designed and clever. I am enthusiastic for the second book.

You may have noticed I was simply too tired to finish last night's news, and odds are I will not finish Tuesday's news before bed as I expect to crash hard without much warning to close up. I still haven't gotten my shit together to take fish lights to fix it. It will have to wait until next month. The battle against ants and flies has begun in earnest for the season. I hate bugs inside the house. I have chosen a selection of sacrifices from my rapidly shrinking collection. I am being merciless this time through. I have a bunch of cataloging to do in the near future, but not while I have a headache/earache.

* I used all my money on housing and insurance March, and April it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $300 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* I am still a month and a half behind due to a housing/car crisis. Ebay BPALs for sale, Two days left: https://www.ebay.com/sch/lethran/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

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

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

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

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

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

* "Hyenas, wolves and disease 'welcome' Yemenis fleeing war:" https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/hyenas-wolves-disease-yemenis-fleeing-war-180319102515240.html

* It's looking that the Mass Murderer in Toronto was one of those MRA extreme misogynists calling himself involuntarily celibate in a posting to Facebook just before his terrorist attack in Toronto. He also openly admired that California MRA terrorist in California a few years ago and the misogynist terrorist who murdered all those women in the École Polytechnique massacre, though Canadian police haven't confirmed it.

* "Russia likely targeted more than 21 states before 2016 election: official:" http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/384585-homeland-security-official-says-likely-russia-targeted-more-than-21

* "Iran warns Trump it might withdraw from Non-Proliferation Treaty:" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-warns-trump-it-might-withdraw-from-non-proliferation-treaty-idUSKBN1HV0MY

* "GOP senator: Trump should have invited Dems to state dinner:" http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/384560-gop-senator-trump-should-have-invited-dems-to-state-dinner

* "AG Sessions will not recuse himself from criminal probe of Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen:" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/24/ag-jeff-sessions-will-not-recuse-himself-from-michael-cohen-case.html

* "Prosecutors defend searches of Manafort's storage locker, condo:" https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/23/mueller-prosecutors-defend-storage-locker-search-547472

* "Sean Hannity's real estate venture linked to fraudulent property dealer:" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/24/sean-hannity-real-estate-property-dealer-jeff-brock-fraud-foreclosures

* "Scott Pruitt expected to face ethics questions in front of Congress:" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/scott-pruitt-expected-face-ethics-questions-front-congress/story?id=54677129

* "Scott Pruitt Proposes ‘Transparency’ Rule To Limit The EPA’s Use Of Public Health Studies:" https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pruitt-epa-transparency-rule-science_us_5adf44a8e4b07560f395fb16

* "The Latest: Trump urges VA nominee to keep fighting:" https://apnews.com/58ec3f582f94460a9fd30aa7eee527d2/The-Latest:-Watchdog:-VA-nominee-Jackson-was-unprofessional

* Clearly, he should have been fired ages ago. "Trump burned again by failure to vet nominee as VA pick surprises:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-burned-again-by-failure-to-vet-nominee-as-va-pick-surprises-1218502211679?playlist=associated

* "Allegations against Ronny Jackson grow more serious and specific:" http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/allegations-against-ronny-jackson-grow-more-serious-and-specific-1218522691507?playlist=associated

* The Republican won in Arizona.

* "Arizona GOP blocked from changing rules on filling McCain's seat:" http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/384540-arizona-gop-blocked-from-changing-rules-on-filling-mccains-seat

* "Bush 41 responding to treatment:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/politics/george-hw-bush/index.html

* "People Voted for Trump Because They Were Anxious, Not Poor:" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/existential-anxiety-not-poverty-motivates-trump-support/558674/

* "Racism Is NOT Going To Die Off:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2018/04/racism-is-not-going-to-die-off.html

* "Pennsylvania golf club apologizes for calling police on black female members:" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/24/pennsylvania-golf-club-apologizes-for-calling-police-on-black-women-members

* "Homework assignment asks students to list positive aspects of slavery:" https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/us/homework-assignment-slavery-trnd/index.html

* "Racial Profiling on the Green:"

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* "Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron: A True Bromance:"

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* "Strippers vs. Bartenders in New York City:"

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* "Ireland's Abortion Ban:" http://www.cc.com/episodes/rtjm3d/the-jim-jefferies-show-april-24--2018---ireland-s-abortion-ban-season-2-ep-205

* "Trump's Counsel Of Doom Adds A New Member:"

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* "Trump Is Flipping Out Over Rumors Cohen Is Flipping:"

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* I stayed up to do morning phone calls, and discovered amoung other things that half a decade+ ago when I changed my gender marker with social security, they actually didn't change it, and lied to my face that they had. I just discovered my birth certificate is not where I thought it was (with the other gender paperwork), nor in the other place i keep important records I need ready to hand, nor in the other likely locations. Fuck! I'm staying up to get drilled again Monday morning, and I suppose I'll take the gender paperwork, my state ID and my pass card to the office, assuming I am done before they close at noon, which I assume they will be. I'll need to keep looking for the birth certificate. Did it come back from the feds with my passport? I can't remember. I do not want to pay for/battle Pennsylvania for another copy if i can help it.

Tonight after dinner, the screamers went off again. I'd made my dinner in the micro wave nd eaten it. the stove was stone cold. Squirrel was showering again. This was never a problem before, but now it is, it seems. When I suggested it Sunday he swore up and down it couldn't be shower steam. Me: could you set your fan up in the door of the bathroom to circulate the steam out when you shower? We'll see.

* ...And I lost connectivity for a couple wildly inconvenient hours tonight. On the upside, I made and ate a complex salad, bathed, and went through and put away the picture box. Next step: organize the sandman comics. I really was wanting to catch up on internet tonight given how horrible tomorrow will be, but really, I'm lucky it finally reset without me having to wait for Squirrel to come home so he could phone for a pulse to rest the router.

* "Westworld, Season 2, Episode 1: Journey Into the Night:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2018/04/westworld-season-2-episode-1-journey.html

* I love that nearly everyone is queer on Killing Eve!

* Thismade me laugh out loud for real. http://seananmcguire.tumblr.com/post/173266595370/thefingerfuckingfemalefury-katswenski-a#notes

* Look, I don't speak Spanish, but I know what "puta" means, and I have to ask, why are the people in the Babble commercial sitting on a beach talking about whores? Can someone who does speak Spanish tell me WTF?!?

* An Epic AU in which McGonagall transforms Scabbers all the way back from tea cup to man: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/173285374007/peaceheather-avoidakedavra-kitrazzle

* I am doing National Poetry Month again this year, but I'm confining it to Tumblr on the grounds of tired. What the poems I selected? Five or so should turn up daily over here if you want to look them over: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/tagged/Poem

* I used all my money on housing and insurance last month, and this month it's all went to housing and car things. I need the car to get around as I am disabled. I need to raise about $400 to stay afloat. If you'd like to chip in: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* One+ Day left, two no bid as of this writing. Ebay BPALs for sale:

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* TNG: Season 6 Rewatch:

- 6.18 Starship Mine: They are evacuating the Ship. That never goes well. Data is learning small talk. I do like the race to get Picard to excuse people from doing social. Is Hutch flirting with Riker? Oh Gods! Data's imitation of Hutch. Picard spots a chance to flee social to grab his saddle in hopes of a ride. Inevitably, he spots something wrong. Is that Tuvac playing a pirate? Pirates inevitably slow him down, so of course he is trapped aboard with them. Picard must take on the pirates single handed. Data imitating Hutch and Hutch talking at each other is magic. I have to ask why they suggested imitating Hutch since they all hate him. Anyway, they are all rescued from doing social until Geordi spots something odd about the table with his visor and the hosts attack, injuring Geordi and taking them hostage. They make a plan to turn Geordi's visor into a sonic weapon. Meanwhile, Picard is captured and pretends to be a barber to lull his captors who are "draining the trilithium," which sounds like a euphemism, but isn't. They are short a set of hands as Pirate Tuvac is still missing, Picard having hidden him while he was unconscious. Picard now being inefficiently guarded does a little sabotage, which causes a distraction allowing him to escape. The blast doors come down, so now he's being chased by the guard while the others dealing with the leak in engineering. Picard runs into a dead end in the tube he's fleeing through, as the beam sweep is coming that way. He leaves the tube put hears the pirate screaming. The leader insists they drag the incredibly volatile fuel through the ship. Picard is listening in and tries to talk them out of doing the incredibly dangerous thing. They found his communicator, so know he's not a barber, but an officer, though why she'd guess Lieutenant, given his age I don't know. The pirates find the rungs cut on the tube they were climbing. Riker gets them to beat him up as a distraction; Picard gets one with an arrow, but they capture him again. The leader shoots an accomplice. Crusher uses the visor to knock out everyone but Data. Picard makes his move, stealing a thingie, but she beams out. Picard calls for them to deactivate the sweep, which Data does at the last moment, a deus ex machina. The ship blows up because he took the thingie. He tried so hard not to kill anyone, but he killed everyone on the ship and his acting sells how much he wishes she'd just listened and stopped instead of forcing his hand. The resin could be used for terrorism and she was going to sell it to the highest bidder.

- 6.19: Lessons. Communications, Replicator, and Library systems are offline for an Experiment in Stellar Cartography. Picard goes to check as he's bored with all his plans disrupted. He ruins four hours of work. Cartographer knows her teas, apparently. I like her; Picard likes her so much he is babbling about her to Beverly of all people. Data is having a concert in which the Stellar Sciences head is playing and he clearly was listening carefully. She stops by and they play a duet. She talks to Beverly of all people about their duets (still not a euphemism). She takes Picard on a date to the most acoustically perfect spot on the ship: a Jefferies tube intersection. People can hear them in Engineering. Doh! Then there is kissing, but in front of a crew woman in the elevator, he is all professional understandably distressing her. He goes to Deanna for advice. How is there "no protocol" around captains dating within their chain of command? O.o Deanna give him the thumbs up. He explains about that probe from the long dead planet and the music being from there and the sharing of sometyhing so private is taken as the gift it is. Meanwhile stallar Lady tries to poach one of Riker's department without asking him first. He must go to Picard because he's uncomfortable for obvious reasons whether he says yes or no, which is why dating people in your chain of command is usually forbidden RL. Picard brings it up with Stellar sciences Lady their next date. They need to rescue an outpost in an extreme heat environment. The heat shield is stellar Lady's idea and she is of course on the away team to set things up and she nearly dies. They saved all the colonists, but 8 crew died. She watched one die. They have a good talk. She worried he'd blame himself; he can't bring himself to order her into danger again. She applies for a transfer. I like that that at least they didn't fridge her as I was expecting and as they always did in ToS, that instead they had an adult conversation rather like the ones I've had in real life at mutual parting.

- 6.20: The Chase. Picard's archaeology professor turns up, and presents him with an ancient highly symbolic figurine, then tries to lure him onto an expedition. He hints at mysteries but won't say exactly what he's up to unless Picard joins. Old man gets nasty when he says no. he leaves in a huff and his shuttle is attacked by Irrillians. The old man lives just long enough to say, "I was too harsh." He left mysterious data blocks. Picard diverts the ship to figure out WTF, sipping a peace conference. I guess orders in Starfleet are just suggestions. Kirk did this for Spock's panfar; Picard does it in memory of a dead father figure. They work out that DNA is a for billion year old code. Someone is destroying whole planets to hide the program. They find the Cardassians already there. The Klingons arrive. Picard tries to reason; threats are exchanged. Reason wins out. Mostly. The Klingon tries to start a fight with Data, who is unimpressed. The Klingon tries to bribe Data, who is unimpressed. The Cardassian is treacherous as usual. The Klingon stays with he Feds. They all race to the next planet, where the Romulans turn up for more exchange of threats. Meanwhile, Beverly solves the puzzle and runs the program, which is a message from the civilization that did the seeding because they were sad about being alone and wanted to make descendants. Hence the whole illogical cross breeding, which honestly still makes no sense. There is a moving message of hope, which everyone but the feds reject. Of course. Sigh.

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

* "Help us stop the humanitarian crisis on Manus:" https://www.asrc.org.au/donate-now/

* "RISE (Refugees, Survivors and Ex-Detainees):" https://www.givenow.com.au/riserefugee/donate

* How to help Rohingya refugees: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/world/asia/rohingya-aid-myanmar-bangladesh.html?emc=edit_nn_20171012&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=50784086&te=1&_r=0

* Help fight for Net Neutrality restoration: http://gwydionmisha.tumblr.com/post/170010496350/democrats-are-just-one-vote-shy-of-restoring-net

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

* Trans Lifeline is one of those organizations you can call at (877) 565-8860 in the US and in Canada (877) 330- 6366.

* The Trevor Project has a 24 hour hotline geared toward helping our youth, and you can call it at 1-866-488-7386

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

* This App phones your rep for you: http://takeastance.us/

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

* Help pay for cat food, litter, meds, medical copays: Paypal Lethran@gmail.com

* Birthday/Solstice master list: https://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/1925021.html

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

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