* I am having a real struggle with physio. I am doing tons of prep, but keep having to go to bed before posting items or scaffolding them into the aggregate, but there are so many Action Items, Primaries have started, and we are literally at war, so I'm cutting this here, despite barely scratching the surface on the more than two weeks backlog. I'm so sorry.
* "What to know about the latest US-Israeli attacks on Iran:"
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-us-israel-trump-979a41042f073f8f4004e34e67b470f5* "Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic since 1989, is dead at 86:"
https://apnews.com/article/iran-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-dead-5b13b69b708c4ed38e8f95f5fb41a597* "Yet another mid-talks attack jeopardizes chances of Iran taking Trump seriously:"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/yet-another-mid-talks-attack-jeopardises-chances-of-iran-taking-trump-seriously* "New Iranian strikes reported across region, including in Saudi Arabia, as US planes crash in Kuwait:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy0dp1l57nxt* "War widens to include Iranian-backed militias as Israeli and American planes pound Iran:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/* "More strikes aimed at Iran after Khamenei's death, Trump issues new warning:"
https://archive.ph/EqsnF* "Washington state officials demand end to involvement in Iran strikes; call for Congress vote:"
https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/washington-state-officials-demand-end-to-involvement-in-iran-strikes-call-for-congress-vote/281-73db0e03-dd35-4872-be17-5b52ae23a449* "Pete Buttigieg & Robert Garcia join chorus of leaders condemning Donald Trump’s ‘war of choice’ with Iran:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/pete-buttigieg-trump-iran-war* "Rachel Maddow urges Americans to consider ‘Who benefits?’ from Trump’s war with Iran:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/rachel-maddow-trump-iran-war* "Retired Space Force colonel warns Trump’s Iran strikes are ‘reckless adventurism and distraction’:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-iran-war-bree-fram* "To many WA Iranians, U.S. attack signals either freedom or imperialism:"
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/to-many-wa-iranians-u-s-attack-signals-either-freedom-or-imperialism/******
* "Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects:"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj20xzw39o?
* "Resist logging in Oregon's old-growth forests:"
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/324102.html
* Cruelty is the point. "Noem restricts disaster aid over shutdown that targets ICE:"
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/22/noem-restricts-disaster-aid-ice-budget-shutdown-00792447She is doing this terrible thing because Democrats want I.C.E. to stop breaking the law.
It is important not to cave to terrorists like Noem.
Please call your Senators and encourage them to stay firm.
* "Trump said US is only country that allows mail-in ballots. Here's the truth:"
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-mail-in-voting/* "How the SAVE America Act Republicans are touting will disenfranchise married & LGBTQ+ Americans:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/save-act-lgbtq-votersThe goal of this legislation is to make it illegal on a federal level for married women and trans people to vote.
Please tell Quisling Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar exactly what you think of his decision to vote to permanently disenfranchise so many American citizens if he is your Congress Critter.
Please contact your US Senators to tell them to vote AGAINST the SAVE ACT
* Here is a model email:
https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2767709.html* "A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives:"
https://bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-legislation/* "Trump’s surgeon general pick dodges vaccine questions at Senate hearing:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/25/casey-means-surgeon-general-nomineePlease tell your senators how much you don't want an anti-vaxxer for Surgeon General.
* "Trump surgeon general nominee dances around vaccine questions at Senate hearing:"
https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/trump-surgeon-general-nominee-dances-around-vaccine-questions-at-senate-hearing-2489290819806
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Our until Midterms 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."Take action with Indivisible:"
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/Trump 2.0 Indivisible Guide.Â
https://indivisible.org/resource/guideIf you can't safely contact them in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:
Five Calls to your critters:
https://5calls.org/Here is one that will send your reps a fax:
https://resist.bot/And another:
https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.phpSnail Mail Campaigns:
https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/3622760.html"Congress. gov:"
https://www.congress.gov/White house (Possibly Dangerous):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ACLU advice for writing to your Critters:
https://www.aclu.org/writing-your-elected-representativesThis tracks legislation:
https://www.govtrack.us/"The Public Comment Process (+ how to write effective public comments):"
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/781844516804149248?source=share"Swing Left:"
https://swingleft.org/Run for Something:
https://runforsomething.net/"Vote Smart:"
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/Protests: "50501 Events:"
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events"ICE Raids Toolkit: Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests:"
https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/raids-toolkit/Contains a raid tip hotline amoung other things. "Know Your Rights
LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY:"
https://wearecasa.org/know-your-rights/
* We are entering primary season just generally. States vote at different times, so I beg ALL of you to check when your state is voting. If you are in an in-person vote state, research ahead of time so you can vote for the candidate with views closest to your own. If you vote by mail, take the time to look them up when your ballot comes.
THIS is how you move the party further LEFT. Primary schedule here:
* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:"
https://www.270towin.com/2026-state-primary-calendar/I don't know where you live, so I can't link this for you, but I find the Progressive Voter Guide online very helpful in narrowing down candidates in the often packed primaries where I live.
I also suggest looking at things like volunteer work and endorsements, because it really, really helps with things like sheriff and judicial elections, but can be useful in all sorts of primaries when you have multiple good options.
REMEMBER: Don't just vote for the big things like US Congress. Vote in every State and local race down to the smallest and on all the referendums.
State and local elections have a massive impact on your quality of life.* Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas! Don't forget to vote in the Primary (And for some special Election) March 3rd!
* Mississippi! Don't forget to vote in the Primary March 10th!
* "Gov. Gavin Newsom again under fire for comments on trans athletes & pronouns:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/gavin-newsom-pronounsThis is one of so many reasons I’m scared Democrats will pick him next time.
* "Kansas immediately revokes transgender residents’ driver’s licenses:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/kansas-revokes-transgender-drivers-licenses* "Kansas Trans People Warned by Letter: Surrender IDS or Go to Jail:"
( Embed: )* "Transcontinental Pipeline:"
https://tcpipeline.org/steps/* "Donate to Kansas ACLU:"
https://action.aclu.org/give/support-aclu-kansas* "Lyft steps in to offer rides after Kansas voids transgender residents’ driver’s licenses:"
https://www.advocate.com/business/lyft-rides-kansas-transgender* "LGBTQ+ stories take center stage nationwide on National Day of Reading in an era of book bans:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/national-day-of-reading-hrc* "21 states now limit transgender people’s bathroom use, with criminal penalties in two:"
https://www.advocate.com/politics/states-with-transgender-bathroom-bans* "A gay man was killed outside popular LGBTQ+ nightclub SAVOY Orlando after a verbal and physical altercation early Feb. 22.:"
https://watermarkoutnews.com/2026/02/23/gay-man-killed-in-shooting-outside-savoy-orlando-suspect-charged/* "Body fat supports your health in surprisingly complex ways:"
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511715-body-fat-supports-your-health-in-surprisingly-complex-ways/
* "Winter storm: Blizzard hits Northeast with extreme weather, power outages, heavy snow:"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/northeast-winter-blizzard-live-updates-rcna260210* "No business like snow business: blizzard shuts down the north-east US – in pictures:"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2026/feb/23/blizzard-snow-storm-photos
* Do not want D: "Meta Patented AI That Takes Over Your Account When You Die, Keeps Posting Forever:"
https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-patented-ai-die-keeps-posting* "Firefox 148 rolls out with the promised AI kill switch: here's how to enable it:"
https://www.techspot.com/news/111453-firefox-148-rolls-out-promised-ai-kill-switch.html* "Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead:"
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dol-spanish-accent-ai-3a1b8438a5674c07242a8d48c057d5a3There is no shortage of bilingual people in the state. I don't understand why they couldn't just hire someone to do it with less hassle and no racism.
* "Now recruiting: DW users who would be interested in the possibility of helping us out in one of these legal challenges, now or future!:"
https://dw-advocacy.dreamwidth.org/815.html* Monday morning I stayed up despite my exhaustion to push out a truncated aggregate and do phone bureaucracy. The first one went fast and got me enough more food benefits that I can go get perishables, probably Tuesday or Wednesday, which I surely need.
My suspicion that this was an ill omen for the second phone bureaucracy was correct. Spent nearly an hour and a half trying to trick my way past the voice bot gatekeeper that kept telling me to us their online AI assistant and then hung up over and over again, plus long waits on hold where they'd also randomly hang up so I had to start over and over and over. I lost track but I estimate about eight attempts just to get nothing solved when I did reach a live human. Sigh.
* This is why there was very little live posting Wednesday, and you shouldn’t be alarmed if I don’t post much Thursday.
Wednesday muscle spasms in my abdomen and thighs woke me up. I had potassium earlier in the week. I think this was related to the abdominal tremors that made me not do physio Monday. Spasms in general are both painful and exhausting, but the abdominal ones are far more exhausting than physio and harder to mitigate than, say, a charley horse.
I went and did the hot bath thing and I was thought I was mostly recovered, but spasms are exhausting and I needed to get the perishables, because I only have until the 28th to spend the extra food allotment and it only went through Monday. I needed a bunch of things badly, also including ingredients for New Millennial to take home for my food prep. I also need to do a library run, preferably Thursday, but Friday on the outside. Groceries is very close, and also, I’d have someone to put groceries away and feed me if I went right then.
It was rough and I deteriorated noticeably through the process. I went a little over, but over is better than under as it uses the whole benefit and I’d planned for it. I was late enough that it was self check only. I am objectively bad at self check. Most self check machines refuse to recognize my fingers as real, ad it can take 10-15 minutes for me to get one button to register. As a result I only do it when there is no other option, so I have very little experience.
Self check is basically useless for me 99 out of a hundred times and it also means fewer jobs.
About half the stuff in my cart was fruit or veg from the fresh produce section.
They had bought new readers since last time I’d been forced to use them and get this: They recognize my fingers as real. O.o I wonder if they will apply this new technology to cell phones. (The old school pressure mechanism ones I can use, but modern cell phones don’t do that and can’t identify my fingers as fingers. Apparently it’s not just me having this problem also at regular check out when they replaced the pads there to. It is annoying. I don’t understand how replacing a technology that works with one that only works for some people is an upgrade, but here we are).
Anyway, this is the first time since the new tech was introduced where I didn’t need attendant help for the buttons to believe I existed.
It is still so much faster if someone who does this for living does check out, but I made it.
I had nothing left when I got back, but I’d bought easy stuff for New Millennial to make while doing the usual kitchen stuff so I could just lie down. I’d eaten about half my dinner when the spasms came back worse.
So I spent a couple more hours on Spasms as an activity. Livia could tell something was very wrong and kept herding me back to bed. There was no way to explain to her lying down hurts worse, since I can’t easily move my body around into whatever hurts least for that set of muscles spasming, and also I can’t hydrate, which I needed to do.
I gave in anyway each time, as she was so distressed she was using her voice. I’d lie down and she’d lie next to me and I’d pet her butt because I couldn’t reach the rest. She’d get up. I’d shuffle back to try to mitigate. she’d come get me. Towards the end she’d herd me to bed, then run right off to do cat stuff and I’d painfully drag myself back out again.
She’s a sweet, sweet girl.
* Thursday, on top of the massive pile of urgent action items and being two week behind on news because of horrible physical challenges, Waterfox updated and scrambled every fucking thing. It's going to take hours I don't have to untangle it. Fucking A Waterfox!
* Friday I stayed up for a library run, then put away the forage stuff before bed. I managed physio okay, but was so exhausted after that I let Livia persuade me to stay in bed with her way too long. There are so many things needing doing here, and the effort of sitting up has me low key weepy. It is annoying. 4:37AM and I've accomplished nothing.
* "Kristi Noem: A Boss With Benefits | Obama's Alien Coverup | How Not To Eat Your Food:"
( Embed: )* "The Fire Horse Arrives | Optimism Hits A New Low | Epstein Pals Face Consequences | Erotic Poetry:"
( Embed: )* "Pope Leo XIV Won't Join The Board Of Peace | Record Disapproval | The MAHA Workout | Monkey Update:"
( Embed: )* "Epstein Crony Andrew Faces Consequences | Trump's A-List Peace Board | Did Obama Leak Alien Intel?:"
( Embed: )* "ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"
( Embed: )* "Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO):"
( Embed: )* "RFK and Kid Rock Strip Down for Workout Video & Kristi Noem Flies in a F**k Plane | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "LindellTV News Is QAnon Meets QVC, and Now They're in the White House Press Corps | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "DOJ Buries Epstein Files on Trump & Snowball Fight Turns MAGA Into Snowflakes | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Blizzard of '26: Snowicane vs. Thundersnow | Miracles In Milano | SCOTUS: Trump Can't Tariff:"
( Embed: )* "LIVE Monologue: A Dark Speech Filled With Divisive Lies | USA Women's Hockey Gets A Better Offer:"
( Embed: )* "Trump's Speech Was Disborbing | Why DOJ Didn't Search Epstein's Storage Units | AI Wants To Nuke Us:"
( Embed: )* "Camel Controversy | Iran's Nukes: Obliterated, Or A Week Away? | America's Top Doctor Isn't A Doctor:"
( Embed: )* "Sex in Space? Michael Kosta Learns How to Join the Thousand-Mile-High Club | The Daily Show:"
( Embed: )* "Meanwhile... Fast-Casual Fatigue | Logan Paul's Pokémon Haul | Hidden Kissing Room | Ice Volcano:"
( Embed: )* "Why Dark Winds Can Never Fully Adapt The Leaphorn & Chee Books After Season 5 Renewal:"
https://screenrant.com/dark-winds-leaphorn-chee-books-never-fully-adapt-zahn-mcclarnon/?user=bWFuZW0uZ2lsbGVzQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ&lctg=46aad7fdec15f8d38521c421f1c3c4905ba31f424f5994780e0991acf7a4ae80* "Ten Titles to Read for Aromantic Awareness Week:"
https://duckprintspress.dreamwidth.org/241433.html* Caveat: I haven't seen this movie. The costumes seemed incoherent and I legitimately couldn't figure out why we are casting white Heathcliffs in the 21st century, so I was waiting for reviews. (This doesn't excuse any version with a white Heathcliff post Hayes code, but there is really no fucking excuse a quarter of the way into the 21st century). I suspect I'm not going to bother, especially now I know how the domestic violence is being handled.
(CW: Domestic Violence, Discussions of Historical Racism)
* "Merle Oberon and the Whiteness of Wuthering Heights:"
( Embed: )* "Sadly, Wuthering Heights Discourse Is That Deep:"
( Embed: )* "Why Emily Brontë Cared About Race | "Wuthering Heights" (2026) Review:"
( Embed: )* "So What's Going on With the "Wuthering Heights" (2026) Costumes? [Review]:"
( Embed: )* "The Wuthering Heights Discourse Is Bad. Let’s Talk About It:"
( Embed: )* Suggestions for crafts a person can do in bed are in the notes:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/809534727291912192?source=share* "Steve Agee REVEALS Secret Funeral Prank:"
( Embed: )* "Secret Queer Valentine’s Traditions You’ve Never Heard Of:"
( Embed: )* A haven't seen this, but the costumes really look terrible to me. "The Odyssey Costumes Look Bad and Boring.:"
( Embed: )* "Homo Erectus Housing:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LSbIhAcAAW0* "Aged Art:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6eMYRy5264o* "Caesars Camp:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6efDsWiPKdI* "Transformative Togas:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xTFHIkCPN2g* "Antony Anathema:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SiNCNo0NCIU* "Ludicrous Lionhearts:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p6l0wOYkdts* "Knighthood Knowledge:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3iAUe6Fc46o* "Rancid Revolting Richard (III):"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FEv1UESV4Yc* "Sengoku Silliness:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/758hG4JzS8Y* "Rowdy Rambling Roses:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x-3kvaMtK2I* "Silly Shakespeare Summary:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S4-5bAl_4L0* "Raunchy Raucous Restorations:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_xWd1zbVF0g* Pirates in Fiction vs. History:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UucSPmimZ54* "Bothered Beethoven:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k8Ewm-nU4_k* "Horrendously Honest Hamilton:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VP8rMXbZ6QQ* "Sardinian Simps:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XUDz7dSDaH8* "Typical Titular Tactics:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tt8q-JYbC_c* "Goofy Grandiose Gandalf:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sk5lF6iE8KQ* "Raucous Romantasy Revisited:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/viTPxnwhEPs* "Dynamic Dramatic Dogs:"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/F8z6S_gndIY* "This Presidents' Day, Forget All Your Worries:"
( Embed: )* "Starfleet Public Affairs Officer:"
( Embed: )* "Kash Patel Ruins Hockey:"
( Embed: )* "Donald Trump Is Deeply Unpopular:"
( Embed: )* "Helping Families Deal With High Beef Prices:"
( Embed: )* Zomvivor ate my brain. So good, so good. In related news, I really need to watch more Thai Horror.
* Starfleet Academy Really needs an episode with Kyle and Darem having to work together on something. Kyle needs fleshing out anyway and it would be an interesting way to do it while shifting the dynamic.
* "One of those animal bridegroom stories told from the prince's perspective where an evil witch kidnaps "him" and disguises her as a milkmaid or something but she's actually an egg and kind of a freak.:"
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/809354528998686720?source=share* "the prince has begun practicing curtseying in the mirror. which could mean nothing.:"
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/809534369555496960?source=share*****
* Full list of Resistance and charity links has been migrated to my profile as it was getting out of hand.
The help links are at the bottom under the cut.
* "Transcontinental Pipeline:"
https://tcpipeline.org/steps/* "Donate to Kansas ACLU:"
https://action.aclu.org/give/support-aclu-kansas* "Project Salt Box:"
https://projectsaltbox.substack.com/* "When the Feds Come to Your City: Standing Up to ICE :"
https://crimethinc.com/2025/12/03/when-the-feds-come-to-your-city-standing-up-to-ice-a-guide-from-chicago-organizers* "MASTER LIST OF WAYS TO HELP IN MINNEAPOLIS:"
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807223113540599808?source=share* "Here are Minnesota groups that need your help organizing against ICE and DHS operations:"
https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-mutual-aid-groups-ice* Links to Help organize in advance of ICE Occupation:
https://www.tumblr.com/gwydionmisha/807226885129060352?source=share* "Swing Left:"
https://swingleft.org/* Contains link to trans girl sales pages. "Trans Girl Scouts On Cookie List Sell 71,000 Boxes Of Cookies And Growing:"
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-girl-scouts-on-cookie-list* "2026 Statewide Primary Calendar:"
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