The Captain's Log

* *ACTION ITEM: Oppose Offshore Arctic Drilling. We only have to the 23rd to act!

Quick Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XHEseTJnZfM

Official Public Comment link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-trumps-offshore-drilling-in-alaska/?source=allie

* I'm cutting off early yet again.

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* "US bishops break further with Trump, this time on foreign policy:" https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-bishops-break-further-trump-time-foreign-policy

* "Trump ‘eyeing regime change in Cuba by end of this year’:" https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/trump-us-cuba-regime-change-99fkvkn35?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeT7NpPu54-2Eg1B6w3ypVKBHitdDHRJvUepgpUM91Qld5NvHmqXIf5WRWPyDA%3D&gaa_ts=69735264&gaa_sig=cYhT5i7jQnnHC1y8JDzbHpzToU961j0i-0XEgtTgJyzzzz3GBLiLykUPmUtivPdMt5933GgPWv7DAJavvnmIkw%3D%3D

* "US weighs complete military withdrawal from Syria, WSJ reports:" https://archive.ph/mhD5T

* "Norway’s PM says Trump sent letter tying Nobel prize snub to Greenland ambitions:" https://www.politico.eu/article/norway-pm-store-says-us-trump-peace-prize-snub-for-greenland-ambitions/

This is so humiliating and sad. It is horrendous that this terrible thing may happen for a reason this stupid.

* "Trump says he'll hit Denmark and 7 other countries with new tariffs until there's a deal to buy Greenland:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-denmark-european-tariffs-greenland-deal-rcna254551

* "E.U. halts approval of U.S. trade deal after Trump's Greenland tariff threat:" https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/eu-trade-deal-trump-greenland-tariff-rcna255199

For the record, I wouldn't make deals with us either and they are better off standing up now then waiting until the invaders arrive.

* Remember that a tariff is a tax on Americans, not a tax on other countries, which obviously you can't do. "Wall Street sinks as Trump threatens 8 European countries with tariffs over Greenland:" https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-trump-greenland-inflation-58a6fed13a1e04afd57f0a22a2c9cfb0

* "Protests in Greenland and Denmark against Trump plans:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c338rm41y88o

* "Greenlandic families ‘frightened’ amid rising tensions over Trump takeover plan, Sarah McBride warns:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah-mcbride-trump-greenland-takeover

* "US allies push back on Greenland at Davos ahead of Trump address:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-allies-push-back-greenland-davos-ahead-trump/story?id=129411091

* "Canadian PM Rips Trump’s Greenland Push: ‘We Are in the Midst of a Rupture’:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mark-carney-criticizes-trump-greenland-davos-1235502210/

* "Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion:" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-military-models-canadian-response-to-hypothetical-american-invasion/

* "Trump Confronted at Davos With Giant ‘No Kings’ Message on Mountain:" https://www.newsweek.com/trump-confronted-at-davos-with-giant-no-kings-message-on-mountain-11391077

* "‘F*** off’: World HITS BACK as Trump’s aggression shocks global leaders:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/f-off-world-hits-back-as-trump-s-aggression-shocks-global-leaders-2482434627692

* "Trump rules out using military force to acquire Greenland in Davos speech:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-nation-secure-greenland-us-davos-speech/story?id=129417816

* "Greenland says red lines must be respected as Trump says US will have ‘total’ access to island:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/denmark-pm-calls-for-constructive-greenland-negotiation-with-trump

* "Eight wars settled and Chinese windfarms: factchecking Trump’s Davos claims:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/trump-davos-speech-factcheck

* "Trump chides Carney at Davos, says Canada should be 'grateful':" https://archive.ph/FzR4S

* "Trump makes a FOOL of himself on world stage; pretends to solve crisis of his own making:"

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* "Trump’s Greenland speech leaves Europe worried (and confused):" https://www.politico.eu/article/davos-donald-trump-greenland-speech-leaves-europe-worried-and-confused/

* "TACO returns: Trump ‘isolated and humiliated’ by Greenland saga, says Hayes:"

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* "'NAKED IGNORANCE': As Trump shatters U.S. alliances, legislators try to pick up the pieces:"

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* "‘Multi-Layered Bullshit’: Trump’s Push for Greenland Makes No Sense:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-push-take-over-greenland-delights-russia-1235501604/

* "Trump launches Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ at Davos:" https://www.semafor.com/article/01/22/2026/trump-launches-gaza-board-of-peace-at-davos

* "UK holds off joining Trump's Board of Peace over Putin concerns:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9jj1j74ggo

* "LGBTQ+ people are important to global economy, corporate allies say at Davos:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/davos-lgbtq-representation

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* "UN court to begin hearings on whether Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/court-begin-hearings-myanmar-committed-genocide-rohingya-129122831?

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* "Photos leaked to BBC show faces of hundreds killed in Iran's brutal protest crackdown:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r4957rq8ro

* "Iran authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters' bodies, BBC told:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5md1n1yxo

* "She set a photo afire, lit a cigarette — and became a symbol of resistance for Iran protesters:" https://apnews.com/article/woman-cigarette-iran-ayatollah-protest-viral-06bc57dd42c0e250a98074f0ee00b555

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* "Photos show daily life along Venezuela’s oil coast after Maduro’s capture:" https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/oil-industry-coast-paraguana-photos-fisherman-salt-flats-569102f029e69fb452ea58a8927feb68

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*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* This goes a against black letter law. "Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilities:" https://www.king5.com/article/syndication/associatedpress/judge-refuses-to-block-new-dhs-policy-limiting-congress-members-access-to-ice-facilities/616-0569787b-514d-4656-ab55-7780a1237d95

* "Amid ICE clashes, New Hampshire bishop urges clergy to prepare their wills:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/18/nx-s1-5678579/ice-clashes-new-hampshire-bishop-urges-clergy-prepare-wills

* "‘It breaks my heart’: Facing public pressure, SLC officials are adamant about backing immigrants and not cooperating with ICE:" https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/19/slc-residents-push-city-leaders/

* "Moral principles drive faith leaders to speak out against Trump on immigration, foreign policy:"

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* "'He's not going to be president forever': Pritzker vows accountability for Trump officials:"

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* "For Trump’s opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/for-trump-s-opponents-a-model-for-finding-their-fight-to-stop-him-2482072131955

* "DHS launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement action in Maine:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-launches-operation-catch-day-enforcement-action-maine/story?id=129428764

* "Portland protest doubles in size amid rumors of ICE surge in Maine:" https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/17/portland-protest-doubles-in-size-amid-rumors-of-ice-surge-in-maine/

* "ICE protests continue in Phoenix outside Home Depot:" https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/ice-protests-continue-in-phoenix-outside-home-depot

* "A car ramming, a violent arrest and an emboldened immigration agency:" https://www.ms.now/news/border-patrol-tactics-father-teen-phone

* The US citizen teen was being driven to school when they were attacked by what they thought were car jackers. The Border Patrol rammed their car four times, broke their windows and dragged them out to beat them without identifying themselves or any justification at all. They put the tenth grader in a choke hold to suffocate him so he would stop telling them he was a Us citizen and a minor, similar to the illegal chokehold Minneapolis PD used to assassinate George Floyd.

They detained them both, refusing medical attention, stole the teens phone etc., then pawned it for cash. The family had to take the teen to the ER. He could have died. They are still holding the father.

* "Cities Under Siege: Inside A Violent Immigration Chase and a Shattered Family:" https://www.ms.now/ms-now/watch/cities-under-siege-inside-a-violent-immigration-chase-and-a-shattered-family-2482390595733

* "Cities Under Siege: Inside a Violent Immigration Chase and a Shattered Family pt. 2:" https://www.ms.now/ms-now/watch/cities-under-siege-inside-a-violent-immigration-chase-and-a-shattered-family-2482403907781

* "‘They’re following us’: MS Now report on violent ICE car chase:"

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* "Will Washington see a new or expanded ICE detention facility? :" https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/will-washington-see-new-or-expanded-ice-detention-facility/NM7UUG54KBBPHAGSQL7DZQGDOU/

* "Van Hollen speaks at ‘ICE Out for Good’ protest in D.C.:" https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/01/14/van-hollen-speaks-at-ice-out-for-good-protest-in-d-c/

* "Kansas City, Missouri, passes 5-year ban prohibiting non-municipal detention facilities:" https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kansas-city-missouri-passes-5-year-ban-prohibiting-non-municipal-detention-facilities

* "City of Durant and Choctaw Nation oppose rumored ICE facility:" https://kfor.com/news/local/city-of-durant-and-choctaw-nation-oppose-rumored-ice-facility/

* "Protesters stage demonstration against federal agents outside Broadview ICE facility:" https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-stage-demonstration-against-federal-agents-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3877638/

* "Residents of small Georgia town push back after warehouse eyed for 10,000‑bed ICE detention center:" https://www.wjcl.com/article/social-circle-georgia-ice/70057955

* "Concerns rise over rumored ICE facility in Byhalia, MS:" https://wreg.com/news/concerns-rise-over-rumored-ice-facility-in-byhalia-ms/

* "Towns REJECT ICE as agency looks to place immigrant prisons throughout United States:"

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* "Court lifts restrictions on immigration officers' tactics in Minnesota:" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/court-lifts-restrictions-on-immigration-officers-tactics-in-minnesota

* "ICE memo allows agents to enter homes without judicial warrant: Whistleblower complaint:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-memo-allows-agents-enter-homes-judicial-warrant/story?id=129436766

* "Minnesota is the eye of the Trump storm:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/trump-minnesota-ice-protests-00738381

* "We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start:" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump

* "Trump orders active duty troops to prepare for Minnesota deployment:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/trump-active-duty-troop-minnesota-deployment-00735734

* "Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown would be unconstitutional, mayor says:" https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-6c0bb88cb16617b92db1e67dfb30ce3a

* "Minnesota law enforcement raises concerns about ICE agents racially profiling citizens:" https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/ice-agents-racially-profiling-citizens-off-duty-police-officers-minnesota/507-6ab4ec75-b7e3-489b-a2f4-f39f3d7fec30

Hint: the citizens they are worried about are cops. This is a thin blue line thing not a protecting residents or upholding the law.

* "“Protect Our Routes, Get ICE Out”: Postal Workers Rally in Minneapolis:" https://workdaymagazine.org/protect-our-routes-get-ice-out-postal-workers-rally-in-minneapolis/

* "Trump courts rude awakening expressing support for military occupation:"

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* "US citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in only underwear despite frigid cold and no warrant:" https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-us-citizen-detained-hmong-d009590a491c0c8243ef21ef24db7182

They say their breaking into his house without a warrant and abusing him was entirely justified because one of his relatives borrowed a car from a man who had the same first name, but not last name, of someone they were looking for.

By this logic anyone who has a friend of a friend named, say John, has no rights because somewhere in the country someone named John likely has a warrant out for him.

No one in the house had committed a crime. No one in the house was undocumented. There was no evidence they knew the man ICE claimed to be looking for.

If one person has no rights, nobody has rights.

* "Out Rep. Angie Craig outraged after ICE attacks teacher: “Never seen such an out-of-control agency”:" https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/out-rep-angie-craig-outraged-after-ice-attacks-teacher-never-seen-such-an-out-of-control-agency/

* "ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait’:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/21/ice-detains-5year-old-minnesota-boy-lawyer-says-agents-used-him-as-bait

* "White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image

* Extended interview Maria J. Stephan:

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* "Economic blackout day planned in Minnesota to protest ICE surge:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/ice-immigrarion-minnesota-economic-protest

* "Justice Department will investigate Renee Good's wife but not the man who killed her:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/doj-investigates-becca-good

* "Renee Good's family shares independent autopsy results, says DOJ is withholding evidence:" https://www.advocate.com/news/renee-good-autopsy-evidence

* "Billie Eilish slams ICE over 'murdered' protesters:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/billie-eilish-ice

* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:

"How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota:" https://naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/how-to-help-if-you-are-outside-minnesota/
"Support minnesotans defending their communities from ICE:" https://www.standwithminnesota.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
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* "House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/house-approves-homeland-security-funding-amid-ice-uproar-00742402

The U.S Senate Votes next week.

The names of the Democratic pro-ICE Quislings are:

Henry Cuellar (Texas)

Jared Golden (Maine)

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)

Laura Gillen (N.Y.)

Don Davis (N.C.)

Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)

Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)

Now is a wonderful time to tell them what you think of their vote!

One Republican voted against funding ICE with no guardrails at all.

If this is your critter, please call to thank him as likely he and his staff are getting a lot of screaming from Fascists right now. It is essential we reward people for doing the right thing regardless of party with a thank you.

Thomas Massie (Ky.)

The U.S Senate Votes next week. Now is a great time to tell them what you think about funding ICE while they violently occupy a city and violate the constitutional rights of the residents

* A model letter for contacting your Senators: https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2752971.html

* "Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/congress-clinches-funding-deal-for-dhs-pentagon-domestic-agencies-00735698

* "House Democrats come out en masse against DHS funding bill:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/21/congress/house-democrats-dhs-funding-00738894

* "All anti-transgender provisions stripped from House and Senate funding bills :" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/anti-transgender-provisions-stripped

This is why it's so important to keep talking to your Congress Critters about trans Issues. Complain where it's needed. Thank them when they do the right thing. We need them to keep standing up for us or we are Cooked.

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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.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

If 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.php

Snail 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-representatives

This 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/

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* "Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faces $25K lawsuit for allegedly destroying a 14-year marriage:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/kyrsten-sinema-homewrecker-lawsuit

* "Musk Endorsed White Nationalism:" https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/09/musk-endorsed-white-nationalism?new=true

* Washingtonians! Here is your chance to stop I.C.E. from using mass surveillance for immigration enforcement in our state!

* "State bill targets law enforcement use of ‘Flock’ surveillance cameras:" https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-state-bill-targets-law-enforcement-use-of-flock-surveillance-cameras/

* Text of bill if you want it: "SB 6002 - 2025-26:" https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6002.pdf?q=20260113121331

* Comment here to protect our privacy and our neighbors (contains bill summery): "SB 6002 - 2025-26
Concerning driver privacy protections.:" https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6002&Initiative=false&Year=2025

* "Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error:" https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/

* "Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows:" https://www.404media.co/cop-used-flock-to-wrongfully-accuse-a-woman-then-refused-to-look-at-evidence-that-exonerated-her-body-camera-shows/

* "Missouri Supreme Court upholds ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/missouri-supreme-court-transgender-medicaid

* "Man attacked on NYC subway for kissing trans woman partner:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/man-attacked-kissing-transgender-partner

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* Stay safe out there! "A Widespread Winter Storm Is Looming, but Where It Hits Is Still Fuzzy:" https://archive.ph/aJcSe

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* "Fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies at 93:" https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/valentino-garavani-dead

* "Remembering Rick Garcia, a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality in Chicago and Illinois:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/remembering-chicago-activist-rick-garcia

* "Remembering trailblazing trans activist Miss Major:" https://www.advocate.com/remembering-trailblazing-trans-activist-miss-major

* "Detroit heard King’s dream first. These Black women are carrying it forward.:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/detroit-martin-luther-king-jr-aka

* It's come to my attention that there is some confusion about the physio. That's because the plan changed after the scans end of 2025. The original plan was to spend a year seeing if physio was enough to avoid hip replacement and to build up all the muscles ahead of surgery. They are now thinking that joint injections and physio could be enough, as they aren't deteriorating nearly as fast as they were in the late oughts-early teens. This looks a lot like what we'd be doing anyway for this whole year, only with comically long needles and slightly different, but overlapping physio.

I'm not the classic sort of hypermobile. I can't bend my fingers backwards, etc., but they changed criteria for hypermobile in the last decade because they discovered that it's a much bigger spectrum, which is why the bodies of dancers and gymnasts and people in other sports that require high flexibility tend to break down so fast. Apparently you pretty much have to be hypermobile to do things like a perfect straddle. <.< >.>

So people at my end of the spectrum still randomly dislocate, etc., but it takes longer for the joint damage to ramp up and no one was looking because what we could do is praised and encourage and people mostly don't think: that person is doing all these cool beautiful things with their body, surely something is wrong there.

I was a dancer with a perfect turnout, a perfect split and straddle. This changes the socket/pelvis permanently if you start as young as I did. I used to have to stick my legs be hind my head to get them stretched properly. I was a distance runner and we mostly ran on cement. That wears away cartilage in things like knees and ankles. I did a lot of things like Wing Chun, and Tai Chi, and Akido (And a family style I got invited into later), after I stopped dancing and distance running.

My joints had a hard life just generally.

My family has autoimmune arthritis in it.

They go back and forth on exact arthritis diagnoses with me as testing protocols and such change. You can easily see the damage to my joints, to my spine on x-rays. Show a layman my x-ray with the right bits circled, or with normal bones and joints for comparison they can see it's clearly not right. And expert can see damage to my spine if I bend over shirtless. It is even easier with modern scanning technology. No one disputes I'm disabled and that it's arthritis, they just move the subspecies around.

So we are doing joint injections and physio with the goal of reducing pain and trying to make the joints more stable. Ironically, a bunch of this will hopeful undo the damage the hospital physio did in the Sling Incident after my shoulder replacement, since the torso muscles, butt, and legs all work together so we are targeting a lot of different muscle groups.

Tuesday, my body flat out noped out of most of my exercises. Honestly one day off after two weeks of working hard is reasonable. Wednesday, I managed most of them after Techie Millennial's visit. I hope to finish the sets I owe across two excercises before bed. I just really needed the rest.

It is funny, the hardest ones are all the lying down ones that mostly look like I'm not doing much of anything. But I persist. I do think it's helping some.

I am still doing arm stretches and things, but I can't intensively work arms too as what I'm doing right now really thrashes me and I need to take advantage of the professional physio while I have it. Physio always feels like being wounded and ill all at once on top of the chronic pain and illness. It pretty much takes everything I have beyond stuff like getting dressed and feeding myself.

I'm still trying to work out what nutrient I'm missing. My body is usually better at suggesting solution foods. It'll have to wait for February EBT now. I've already spent way too much money on food.

* "Nobel Prize Snub Fuels Trump's Greenland Threats & Macron Pushes Back at Davos | The Daily Show:"

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* "The Secret Police Fitness Test | Smoking Diplomacy | Sexualized Human-Dog Hybrids At Mar-a-Lago:"

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* "One Exhausting Year | Americans Pay For Trump's Tariffs | No Obligation To Make Peace:"

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* "Trump Demands Greenland at Davos & Literally Trashes First-Year “Accomplishments” | The Daily Show:"

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* "Will ICE Freeze? | Trump: I'm Helping Europe | Weapons Nobody Knows About | Occupying Canada:"

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* "Trump Delivered on His Campaign Promises, But Only to Himself | The Daily Show:"

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* This does a really good job explaining why the Peace Board is a Con. "Infinitely Greenland | Billion Dollar Peace Board | Chairman For Life | Peace Buddies:"

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* "Late Night TV Crackdown: FCC Goes After Kimmel And Colbert Over Political Candidate Interviews:"

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* "It's Literally ICE vs. Good:"

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* "How to prepare for icy conditions:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vLzu4U6rnIQ

* "Haitian-American Artist Explains His Image Of MLK And President Trump:" https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/18/watson-mere-artist-mlk-trump

* "Dastardly Damning Deliberately Diabolical Diogenes:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/egZwVNqxCNE

* "Gargantuan Great Gladiatorial Games:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yRJMSag2BM4

* "Monarch Mortality:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rO6nTtShqlU

* "Kindred Khans:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1UwgQmkSmTw

* "Kindred Khans 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vQZlUUCYxAs

* "Kindred Khans 3:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-gcDAYLXvns

* "Kindred Khans 4:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vIdv9YAd-kg

* "Engaging Enlightenment:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgNQgYKXN3k

* "Gruesome G3stapo:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ghYfcQRHwyw

* "Trump Takes Home The World's Biggest Prize:"

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* "The Swiss Send A Message To President Trump:"

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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.

* "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

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* If you need help with chest binders:

* "Free Chest Binders:" https://www.pointofpride.org/free-chest-binders

* "Brother 2 Brother Binder Program:" https://blacktransmen.org/binder-program/

* "Morebinders:" https://www.morebinders.com/about

* "The Queer Trans Project :" https://queertransproject.org/

* "Free Gender Affirming Gear Program:" https://www.ftmessentials.com/pages/ftme-free-youth-binder-program

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* "How Israel’s hilltop settlers coordinate attacks to expel Palestinians:" https://archive.ph/hevY1
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* "US strikes ISIS in Syria:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/10/us-strikes-isis-syria-00721258

* "US aircraft that attacked suspected drug boat reportedly disguised as civilian plane:" https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/13/us-aircraft-attack-suspected-drug-boat-report-civilian-plane

* "US seizes 6th tanker in the Caribbean:" https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-seizes-6th-tanker-caribbean/story?id=129239923

* "Venezuelan opposition leader says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/venezuelan-opposition-leader-nobel-peace-prize-trump-00732747

Trump is so fucking embarrassing.

* "After Venezuela operation, Trump says the whole hemisphere is in play:" https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/five-facets-of-the-attack-on-venezuela-by-the-rogue-nation-the-us-has-become/

* "Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezela-mexico-00710063

* "New Energy, Venezuela and Trump’s Imperial Ambitions with Senator Ruben Gallego:" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-energy-venezuela-and-trumps-imperial-ambitions/id1382983397?i=1000744957837

* "To Understand Venezuela, You Have To Understand Panama EXPLAINER:"

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I was alive and aware when we invaded Panama. It was not only baffling to me, but to my very informed and politically engaged parents. I can not convey how shocking it was at the tame and how I could not have explained why we did it until I watched the video.

* "How Is The Maduro Trial Supposed To Work Exactly?:"

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* "Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/14/denmark-greenland-failed-trump-problems-00729246

* "Chris Hayes’ map-based theory behind Trump’s Greenland obsession:"

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* "Bipartisan group of lawmakers introduces bill to prevent military action against NATO members:" https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/12/congress/house-lawmakers-introduce-bipartisan-nato-bill-00723206

* "France to send troops to Greenland for joint exercise with several European countries:" https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/01/14/greenland-denmark-announces-boosted-military-presence-on-the-island-from-today_6749426_4.html

* "Germany joins European partners with troop deployment to Greenland:" https://archive.ph/sOOyh

* "Most Americans oppose Trump’s push on Greenland, poll shows:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/trump-greenland-poll-00731009

* "As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters:" https://archive.ph/qFPbI

* "‘The world needs to know what’s happening’: families of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreak:" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/15/iran-protesters-uprising-killed-world-diaspora-families-tehran-internet-blackout

* "Trump to be briefed on range of options in Iran:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/trump-briefed-options-iran-00721524

* "U.S. evacuates troops from Middle East bases as Trump weighs Iran strikes:" https://www.axios.com/2026/01/14/trump-iran-strikes-evacuate-troops-bases

* "7 Out Of 10 Voters Do Not Want The U.S. To Take Military Action Against Iran For Killing Of Protesters, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 70% Say Presidents Should Seek Congressional Approval Before Taking Military Action Against Another Country:" https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3945

* "Iran strikes delayed as Trump aides and Israel raise concerns:" https://www.axios.com/2026/01/15/trump-iran-strikes-israel-concern

* "The President of Peace:"

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* "Trump’s Domination Politics with Fareed Zakaria | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart:"

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* "Russia uses nuclear-capable missile in 'massive strike' on Ukraine:" https://abcnews.go.com/International/russia-irbm-massive-strike-ukraine-overnight/story?id=129048949

* "One million spent hours without heat and water after Russian strikes, Ukraine says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk8jv4r8nmo

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* "Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say:" https://archive.ph/HQvgN

* "Brazilian president vetoes bill reducing Jair Bolsonaro’s prison sentence:" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/08/brazil-president-lula-vetoes-bill-jair-bolsonaro-prison-sentence

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*** Immigration/I.C.E/Autocracy/Slow Motion Civil War/Violent Illegal Occupation of Blue Cities News (Sort likely a little rough)***

* "US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations:" https://archive.ph/0x6dU

* "Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking immigration parole:" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/10/judge-trump-administration-immigration-00721260

* "Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Somalis in US:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/trump-administration-ends-tps-somalia

* "Trump DHS Post Calling for ‘100 Million Deportations’ Suggests Intent to Kick Out Nonwhite Citizens:" https://www.commondreams.org/news/dhs-100-million-deportations

* This is outright fascist policy. "In ICE’s Own Words, It’s “Wartime” in America:" https://newrepublic.com/post/205122/ice-recruitment-wartime-america-renee-good

* So is this. "State Department and DHS social-media accounts promote "remigration":" https://immpolicytracking.org/policies/dhs-social-media-accounts-state-department-promote-remigration-a-term-associated-with-ethnic-cleansing/

* "Supremacist propaganda at the White House: ‘Help your country, report foreign invaders’:" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-12/supremacist-propaganda-at-the-white-house-help-your-country-report-foreign-invaders.html

* "Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics:" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/instagram-user-fights-dhs-for-the-right-to-post-ice-sightings-anonymously/

* "‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid:" https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/

* "Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/13/ice-using-private-data-to-intimidate-observers-and-activists-advocates-say

* "How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE:" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice

* "US immigration agents shot at people 16 times under Trump’s crackdown:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/07/trump-immigration-ice-shootings

* "We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing:" https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens

* "ICE's Tactics Degrade The Public's Trust In Law Enforcement - Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger:"

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* "You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-recruitment-minneapolis-shooting.html

* "ICE violence against women is increasingly visible — and largely untracked:" https://www.advocate.com/news/ice-violence-against-women

* "She Fled Maduro’s Venezuela. Now Trump’s America Is Also a Nightmare.:" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/ice-trump-maduro-venezuela-asylum-seeker.html

* "Chicago, state sue Trump admin. seeking to limit immigration agents' authority in Illinois:" https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-customs-enforcement-news-chicago-illinois-sue-trump-admin-seeking-limit-agents-authority-state/18392657/

* "Progressive Democratic women take the lead in reviving ‘abolish ICE’ messaging:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/abolish-ice-democrats

* "Lawmakers say Noem is still illegally blocking ICE facility oversight:" https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-noem-illegally-blocking-ice-facility-oversight-court-order/

* "Another migrant death reported at ICE detention facility in El Paso:" https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2026/01/12/migrant-death-reported-at-ice-detention-facility-in-el-paso

* "N.J. suburb furious over bombshell ICE report. Huge detention center may open in their backyard.:" https://www.nj.com/morris/2026/01/nj-suburb-furious-over-bombshell-ice-report-huge-detention-center-may-open-in-their-backyard.html

* "Bill seeks to void Nebraska-ICE partnership at former state prison in McCook:" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/bill-seeks-to-void-nebraska-ice-partnership-at-former-state-prison-in-mccook/

* "‘Boston follows the law': Mayor Wu responds to report of planned ICE surge:" https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-follows-the-law-mayor-wu-responds-to-report-of-planned-ice-surge/3799776/

* "‘Not welcome here’: Maine governor draws line as ICE surge looms:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/not-welcome-here-maine-governor-draws-line-as-ice-surge-looms-2481696835875

* "Virginia ICE agents nab gay Panamanian immigrant at routine check-in, man’s U.S. citizen husband says:" https://www.advocate.com/news/gay-couple-ice-limbo

* "Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps:" https://sahanjournal.com/news-partners/tribal-leaders-say-ice-detained-american-indians/

* "ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns:" https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/08/ice-utility-workers-gresham-oregon/

* "Fed Agent Permanently Blinds, Fractures Skull of Anti-ICE Protester:" https://newrepublic.com/post/205280/fed-agent-permanently-blinds-fractures-skull-anti-ice-protester

* "Hilton Hotel That Refused DHS Reservations Backpedals:" https://www.404media.co/hilton-hotel-that-refused-dhs-reservations-backpedals/

* "Can ICE arrest US citizens? Explaining agents' legal authority:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/01/15/ice-authority-arrest-us-citizens/

* "Only Half?!?:" https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/politics/ice-minnesota-cnn-poll

* "Do Not Despair:" https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTiPBuKkShI/

* "Trump Says U.S. ‘Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’ as He Threatens Insurrection Act:" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-suggests-canceling-midterms-1235500336/

I don't think he can be any clearer about killing democracy to create a fascist police state with him as dictator.

* "Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to send the military to Minneapolis after ICE killing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-threatens-insurrection-act-ice-minneapolis

* "More federal agents to be sent to Minnesota, Trump administration says:" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv7knz8e8mo

* "Federal officers are leaving Louisiana immigration crackdown for Minneapolis, documents show:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-new-orleans-minnesota-400be6de1c5712a9dd0ec972907cbd03

* "Trump accidentally confesses why he is antagonizing Minneapolis:"

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* "‘This is by design’: Hayes on Trump engineering chaos to ‘sic the Army’ on Americans:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/this-is-by-design-hayes-on-trump-engineering-chaos-to-sic-the-army-on-americans-2481692227615

* "Minnesota Is A Training Ground For What's To Come:"

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* "Jenin Younes - Minneapolis and the Escalating Undermining of Civil Liberties | The Daily Show:"

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* "After ICE killing of Renee Good, Minnesota and cities sue Trump over 'unlawful policing tactics':" https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-sues-dhs-ice

* "‘A Breaking Point’: The Minneapolis Police Chief on ICE:" https://archive.ph/WX1Jm

* "ICE expands the use of forced entry into private homes without a judicial warrant to capture a resident:" https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/ice-expands-use-forced-entry-private-homes-without-judicial-warrant-capture-resident/

* "Minneapolis City Council President Fears ICE Will ‘Kill’ Him While ‘Documenting’ Protester Takedowns:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/minneapolis-city-council-president-fears-152715928.html

* "What we know about ICE arrest, detention of observer Brandon Siguenza in Minneapolis:" https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/01/14/ice-arrest-brandon-siguenza/

* "‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained:" https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/01/13/minnesotans-describe-their-encounters-with-ice-agents

* "Fox News Airs Footage of Man Mauled by Feds at Gas Station as Graphic Says ‘ICE Agents Are Doing Their Jobs’ :" https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox-news-airs-footage-of-man-mauled-by-feds-at-gas-station-as-graphic-says-ice-agents-are-doing-their-jobs/

* "Protesters demand action after ICE arrests of U.S. citizen Target employees:" https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/protesters-demand-action-ice-arrests-151246496.html

* "Queer trans ICE protester recounts pepper-spraying, jailing by agents:" https://www.advocate.com/news/queer-transgender-woman-ice-abuse

* "Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers:" https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protest-arrests-detention-ice-8993bfd5d54b870521ec5b44fc42cd71

* "Maddow: Repeated bungling exposes cluelessness of Trump’s ICE secret police:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-repeated-bungling-exposes-cluelessness-of-trump-s-ice-secret-police-2481030723848

* "LGBTQ+ groups tell ICE to 'leave Minnesota' after killing Renee Nicole Good:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/advocacy/lgbtq-minnesota-ice-renee-good

* "Federal agent shoots man in Minneapolis as tensions in city run high:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/minnesota-immigration-officers-shovel-attack

* "Protesters, federal agents engage in chaotic clash in Minneapolis following reports of new shooting:"

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* "‘We want this terror to stop’: Ilhan Omar calls for ICE to leave Minnesota:" https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/we-want-this-terror-to-stop-ilhan-omar-calls-for-ice-to-leave-minnesota-2481230403600

* " In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations :" https://www.advocate.com/news/minneapolis-community-patrols-ice-operations

* "Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting:" https://www.ms.now/news/doj-civil-rights-division-officials-quit-harmeet-dhillon

* "Joe Thompson, Minnesota's top federal fraud prosecutor, quits over ICE shooting probe:" https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/13/us-attorney-on-minnesota-fraud-joe-thompson-resigns-from-office

* "‘Stunning’: Trump’s DOJ won’t investigate ICE shooting, prompting outrage and resignations:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/stunning-trump-s-doj-won-t-investigate-ice-shooting-prompting-outrage-and-resignations-2481253955774

* "ICE Shot And Killed Her:"

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* "911 calls reveal chaos after ICE agent shot Renee Good up to 4 times :" https://www.advocate.com/news/renee-good-shot-911-calls

* "Trump tries to smear Renee Good and her wife for ICE killing:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-blames-renee-good

* "No one is buying Trump’s ICE shooting narrative and videos of ICE abuses are making it worse:" https://www.ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/no-one-is-buying-trump-s-ice-shooting-narrative-and-videos-of-ice-abuses-are-making-it-worse-2481247811889

* "Renee Good's family will be represented by the same lawyer as George Floyd's:" https://www.advocate.com/news/george-floyd-lawyer-renee-good

* "Renee Good's family reveals she randomly encountered ICE and stopped to observe:" https://www.advocate.com/news/renee-good-family-legal-observer

* "“We Killed That Lesbian B*tch”: ICE Uses Renee Good’s Death as Threat:" https://newrepublic.com/post/205189/ice-renee-good-death-threaten-protesters

* "‘I’m Embarrassed’: ICE Agents Speak About the Shooting in Minneapolis:" https://time.com/7345954/ice-agents-renee-good/

* "Real video shows DHS officer defacing Renee Good memorial:" https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dhs-officer-renee-good-memorial/

* "Letter from an Occupied Minnesota:" https://wburdine.substack.com/p/letter-from-an-occupied-minnesota

* "Anti-ICE Protestors Flood 500 Cities Days After Minneapolis Killing:" https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-ice-protests-erupt-nationwide-slamming-maga-leaders/

* "In photos: A week of protests against ICE:" https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/01/12/g-s1-105725/in-photos-a-week-of-protests-against-ice

* "Hundreds clash with ICE outside Somali mall in St. Cloud:" https://www.startribune.com/ice-agents-st-cloud-clash-somali-mall/601562732

* "Roosevelt High School students walk out of class Monday in protest of federal immigration activity in Minnesota:" https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/roosevelt-high-school-students-walk-out-class-monday-protest-federal-immigration-activity-minnesota/89-d56b45e5-d124-4300-ab47-00e3030ce1a0

* "Michigan Avenue shut down as protesters march in downtown Chicago:" https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/michigan-avenue-shut-down-as-protesters-march-in-downtown-chicago/3874295/

* "Hundreds gather outside White House to protest fatal ICE shooting in Minn.:" https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/hundreds-gather-outside-white-house-to-protest-fatal-ice-shooting-in-minn/4040296/

* "Memphis anti-ICE protest draws hundreds, leads to tense encounter with state troopers:" https://www.actionnews5.com/2026/01/12/memphis-anti-ice-protest-draws-hundreds-leads-tense-encounter-with-state-troopers/

* "‘Eventually we will all be targeted’: ICE protests in Montgomery Co. remember Renee Good:" https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/01/ice-protests/

* "Anti-ICE protest: Austin police arrest 5 people:" https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/anti-ice-protest-austin-police-arrest-5-people/

* "Hundreds of protesters gather near Boca Raton after ICE killing of woman in Minneapolis:" https://cbs12.com/news/local/hundreds-of-protesters-gather-near-boca-raton-after-ice-killing-of-woman-in-minneapolis-home-depot-innovent-citizens-executioners-january-10-2026

* "Protesters rally against Lafayette Parish-ICE partnership:" https://www.klfy.com/local/lafayette-parish/protesters-rally-against-lafayette-parish-ice-partnership/

* "Across Maine, protesters join in anti-ICE rallies in response to Minnesota killing:" https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/10/portland-protestors-join-in-national-anti-ice-rallies/

* "ICE intimidation tactics backfire as Americans rally to defend communities:" https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/ice-intimidation-tactics-backfire-as-americans-rally-to-defend-communities-2481023555642

* Here are some ways to help Immigrants and the anti-ICE Protesters:


"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
Immigrant Defenders: https://give.immdef.org/give/545119/#!/donation/checkout
The Bail Project: https://bailproject.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory
Amnesty International: protect asylum-seekers: https://donate.amnestyusa.org/page/113080/donate/1
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights: https://www.theyoungcenter.org/
CHIRLA: https://www.chirla.org/
AL Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.networkforgood.com/projects/63833-al-otro-lado-fund
"Know Your Rights:" https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
"Disappeared In America:" https://www.disappearedinamerica.us/

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* ""No Kings" protest in Broadview: What to expect:" https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/16/no-kings-protest-broadview-trump-pritzker-ice-twin-cities

* "FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies:" https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/warning-about-bogus-autism-treatments-vanishes-from-fdas-website/

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* "Venezuela war powers resolution fails in Senate as 2 Republicans bow to Trump pressure:" https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-senate-war-powers-2350b162d116090759a7428c4b915eea
Please tell cowards Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana what you think of their betrayal.

Please thank Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine for their courage. Yes, I know. Trust me I do, but if we don't reward them doing the right thing, all they will hear are right wing extremists screaming at them for not rolling over.

* "How Billion-Dollar Companies May Benefit From One Defense Bill Provision:" https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/01/12/how-billion-dollar-companies-may-benefit-one-defense-bill-provision.html

* "Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to Science:" https://archive.ph/UqhnD

* "Rep. Robin Kelly files articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem:" https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/kristi-noem-impeachment

* "Emailing my legislators:" https://amaebi.dreamwidth.org/2745583.html

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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.  https://indivisible.org/resource/guide

If 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.php

Snail 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-representatives

This 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/

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* "19-year-old suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire indicted on state hate crime charges:" https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-mississippi-synagogue-fire-allegedly-laughed-attack-fbi/story?id=129143496

* "‘We are a resilient people’: Beth Israel Congregation to rebuild following fire :" https://www.wlbt.com/2026/01/11/beth-israel-congregation-releases-statement-following-fire/

Want to help? https://www.bethisraelms.org/

* "Maryland woman arrested for assaulting gay man in grocery store faces hate crime charges:" https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/gay-man-assault-giant-grocery

* "PMC COVID-19 Data Dashboard:" https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php

* "Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel

I keep thinking about the Tuskegee experiment and the WWII Era Japanese yersina pestis attack/experiments in Ningbo. White people in my country and abroad were going to actively harm babies in Africa on the large scale to find out things we already know. The Racism, the imperialism, the sheer lack of ethics or empathy... I have no words, but I am furious.

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* "Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' from a shifting climate:" https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/g-s1-105993/global-warming-speeding-up-2025-heat-record-climate-change

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* "7,000-year-old underwater wall raises questions about ancient engineering — and lost-city legends :" https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/submarine-wall/

* Rest in Piss. "Scott Adams, Dilbert creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68: Cartoonist – who was dropped from US papers in 2023 after calling Black people a ‘hate group’ – had prostate cancer:" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/scott-adams-dilbert-dies

* "Scott Adams, Trump-loving Dilbert cartoonist known for racist rants, has died:" https://www.advocate.com/news/people/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-obituary

* "Claudette Colvin, whose arrest helped spark civil rights movement, dies at 86:" https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/01/claudette-colvin-whose-arrest-helped-spark-civil-rights-movement-dies-at-86.html

* "What Did We Get Stuck in Our Rectums Last Year:" https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-6

* I am making little bits of progress. The physio is clearly correct as it is the right sort of unpleasant and some of the pain has migrated to other body parts. Monday, I started the sort in advance of putting the shelves of the tall desk back together. (Physical shelves not taken apart, but emptied. The things normally on them need to go where they go.)

Tuesday, I ran out for lettuce, spinach, and tomato from the overpriced nearby grocery. Somehow there was a traffic jab which made it take three times the normal amount to go like a mile and a half. I was so tired, I got the greens, but not the tomatoes. I had enough tomato to make dinner and not lettuce, so it was the better one to forget. Add one new extra errand to the Wednesday physio trip. Sigh. Then I got home and nearly everything fell from the low table behind my desk. Boxes spilled. Squirrel's whole egress from their room blocked.

Really I should have started right away, but if I ate something I could take my arthritis meds. I started dinner and ate a little salad for the meds and then cleared more stuff off the low table, because it's been on the to do list for a yearish for a reason. People jammed a bunch of random stuff on there along with the stuff that goes there for assorted inspections and emergencies, including the Great HOA Contractor siege an d the Great Living Room Migration, which was why it was unstable in the first place. It's supposed to have several storage boxes I need frequent access to and things I need when I go out like the messenger bag, emergency go bag, and things headed to the car like shopping bags and returning library books on it.

I have found yet more high level face masks I could have sworn I had, but hadn't seen in two years. Seriously, I kept running out of face masks and not being able to find the ones I knew I bought. During the City Contractor thing I discovered the really good masks had been hidden out of my reach where I could not see them. (I know who put them there. Sigh.) Apparently the container of my second best masks has been destablizing the things on the low table for probably a year and a half, which is not where they go and not where I'd think to look for them. This I know was not malicious as they disappeared right before an inspection and it does make sense from a people helping me tidy ahead of a short notice invasion o my apartment perspective. I'd have found them long before this if we hadn't basically under siege here mostly from management, but also from my body for the past two years.

Good News on Squirrel's arm! They paid out of pocket for a real doctor instead of the asshole didn't listen or investigate properly one their work sent them too, but the specialist did a real examination and tests and proper scans. It is definitely work related and being forced to do all that lifting was in fact deteriorating it at an alarming rate.

They are likely getting everything covered by health insurance after all including initial specialist visit and scans. They are likely getting back pay. They are definitely getting at least ten days off to rest the arm with associated time off pay, though that and the back pay may be delayed so bills are dicey this month. They are allowed to lift zero pounds with the arm until Doctor says so. (I am taking small amounts of recycling out on the dolly every time I leave the house. My shoulder hurts the way it did two years before replacement, so I can't lift much either.) They have one super gentler physio to work on this week and there will be more workman's comp covered physio later.

I am massively relieved because the deterioration was so fast and aggressive and Work's plan was to keep making them injure it more over and over every shift until they were too disabled to work any more.

* Wednesday was physio. I made it to the car on time and out onto the highway. The sky was the wrong colour again. It was raining, but it looked like a dead tropical fish, not normal rain clouds. I learned later the air quality was really bad, which is a weird combination with rain, especially here. This would explain why my breathing wasn't quite up to snuff.

Physio went fine. Seven total exercises now, two are upgrades of ones I did last week. One of the new ones my fake shoulder noped out of, but we were mostly done anyway. I ended up going through town for the tomatoes instead of going up an exit as planned because that looked like the best option when I saw the on ramp line. I wish I'd brought my library books. sigh. So that's now on Thursday's to do.

Livia flagged me down when I got home and lured me back to bed for Livia Love time. He mental state continues to worry me, but I got her to play a bit yesterday. She's been refusing her favorite feather toy, but I retrieved Tavy's special toy, the one Art and Techie Millennial got for him a month or two before his big decline. (Livia's special feather toy was just for her. It is fair). We picked this one with a feather boa/wiggle worm sort of situation as long as him. It was very to his taste. Good for Chasing and Wrasselling. He absolutely adored it for the brief time he had it. We were keeping it where cats wouldn't get it between plays like we do with Livia's special toy. It had been there since the last time he was well enough to chase it. I got it down and got her to do catch and maul, which is as good as it gets since the day before Tavy died. He and I had a pet and watched her chase the feather toy all over the bed. Just getting her to bat at it is hard now. She had a good long play, even if I couldn't get her to chase it.

I am worried about her. She's getting more reclusive again and has stopped sitting on the pettin throne by my desk for pets this week. January is car tax and February is housing levy. Housing went up this year and they are threatening us with another "Special assessment," though we've no idea when or how much. We really need to get her kitten(s) for mental health reasons, but I don't see how I can save anything close to enough any time soon, so I keep doing what I can to comfort her.

New Millennial's been taking good care of me. For physio nights they prep a lasagna the night before with ingredients I supply. I preheat the oven. When get here they pop dinner in the oven and make a little salad so I can have my meds and to tide me over. Rest, food, and meds help. I have my tiger balm and heating pads. I am managing okay. I just need to lie down a lot.

* "Jon on ICE's Killing of Renee Good and Trump's Model of Compliance for Protesters | The Daily Show:"

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* I am not a fan of the ableist jokes, but there is also good stuff in there, so I'm posting it anyway. "Powell Charges Set Off Alarm Bells | Trump Is Destroying The World | Monkey 'Mergency:"

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* "Trump Flips the Bird & Minnesota Tells ICE to F**k Off with Pickle Rick and Bologna | The Daily Show:"

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* "Trump Makes Milk Whole Again, Europe Defends Greenland & MAGA Blasts Mamdani | The Daily Show:"

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* "Wall Street Scolds Trump Over Powell Charges | More ICE Goons Headed To MN | Animal Crime Spree:"

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* "Meanwhile... da Vinci DNA | Bungled Bobsled | 100 Stolen Skulls | Japan's Most Distinguished Cat:"

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* "Trying Titanomachy:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GTtInmh_IuA

* "Astonishing Amazons:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ravvBMbCHNc

* "Ludicrous Latin 2:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A4bQHSboDlY

* "Perverse Primae Noctis:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gRX_7QzAMjQ

* "Neurodivergent Nobility 3:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z0Qg8vzU6wA

* "Horrendous Hundred Year Wars:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LCZQcSJqe40

* "Sword Specifics:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ov_4EzW8i-Q

* "2 Fast Too 2026:" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cHkTV8GVWCs

* "Don't Use Grok, Use Gros:"

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* "The Nobel Peace Prize Can Not Be Re-Gifted:"

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* "EPA: Your Life Is Worth Nothing:"

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* Me thinking about Night Manager Season two humming Hozier's "Take Me to Church" 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.

* "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

* "Swing Left:" https://swingleft.org/

* If you need help with chest binders:

* "Free Chest Binders:" https://www.pointofpride.org/free-chest-binders

* "Brother 2 Brother Binder Program:" https://blacktransmen.org/binder-program/

* "Morebinders:" https://www.morebinders.com/about

* "The Queer Trans Project :" https://queertransproject.org/

* "Free Gender Affirming Gear Program:" https://www.ftmessentials.com/pages/ftme-free-youth-binder-program

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