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His father asks, "What should we give her?"

This child says, "The moon."

And they do.

They blow up a gray balloon and draw on its craters and tell me this story. And they give me the moon.

renay posting in

ladybusiness

I'm pretty stoked that I finished a series I started the same year I started it. Don't look at the fact it's only two books. It still counts, okay!? ( Read more... )

redbird posting in

thisfinecrew

There were ten posts in the community in the past two months:

On Sept. 10,

watersword posted about the Restore Trust in Congress Act:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/315708.html

On Sept. 13.

toastykitten posted a link roundup about Palestine/Gaza awareness and possible actions.
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316064.html

On Sept. 24,

gingicat reminded people about 5 Calls dot Org, and suggested some calls for people in Massachusetts:

https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316387

On Oct. 1,

gingicat posted about the government shutdown:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316542.html

On Oct. 2, I posted about a Boston Globe request for letters about anti-trans views of foster parents:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316711.html

On Oct. 7,

toastykitten asked people to call California Gov. Newsom about trans issues:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317077.html

On Oct. 10,

mxcatmoon posted about nonviolent resistance training:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317190.html

On Oct. 21,

gingicat posted about the What’s Next after No Kings livestream:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317532.html

On Oct. 23,

toastykitten posted updated links about Palestine/Gaza:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317729.html

On Oct. 29,

otter posted about a Minnesota Medicaid fraud investigation, noting that they weren’t sure what to ask, say, or do about it:

https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/318026.html

And on Nov. 2.

toastykitten posted about a call to end arms sales to the United Arab Emirates:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/318426.html

Thanks to everyone who posted.

Here's a poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Poll #33801 November check-in

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

View Respondents

In the last two months, I

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called one or both of my senators
5 (27.8%)

called my member of Congress
3 (16.7%)

called my governor
1 (5.6%)

called my mayor, state rep, or other local official
0 (0.0%)

voted
14 (77.8%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as post-carding or phone- banking
4 (22.2%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
8 (44.4%)

went to a protest
8 (44.4%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (5.6%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
2 (11.1%)

participated in community mutual aid
1 (5.6%)

donated money to a cause
11 (61.1%)

worked for a campaign
1 (5.6%)

did textbanking or phonebanking
1 (5.6%)

took care of myself
12 (66.7%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
1 (5.6%)

committed to action in the current month
1 (5.6%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
3 (16.7%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop information into a comment to our sticky post if you'd like the mods to do it.

If you're looking for information on anything else, you can use our tags to check for any ongoing actions or resources relevant to the issues you care about. I try to keep the tag list up-to-date. If you need a tag added, you can DM me.

renay posting in

ladybusiness

As we end the year, I'm resisting the capitalistic urge to have my favorites list out in December for Content Reasons. Those of us dedicated to the ways of book blogging know that personal lists are best out in January because there's always a chance a book picked up in the dead space between holidays and the new year hits different. I will link to best of lists in Intergalactic Mixtape (because I am weak, and I love them), but that's it. I will not create my own!

To distract myself, while I was redoing my bookshelves, I made a list of books where I thought, "Wow, I would love to be able to read that again for the first time."

( Read more... )

Since my massive reading slump in 2020, I've become a lot kinder to myself when it comes to re-reading. It's nice to spend time with familiar characters and worlds. I'm trying really hard to be gentle with my brain, which is overtaxed by the Horrors. An election year seems like the perfect time for a reread spree. It's very likely all of these books, and their companion/sequel novels, will be on my December TBR/2026 reading list.

toastykitten posting in

thisfinecrew

US urged to end arms sales to UAE as it backs genocidal paramilitary in Sudan.

Sen Chris Van Hollen and Rep Sarah Jacobs have reintroduced the Stand Up for Sudan Act - which would prohibit U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until the UAE is no longer providing material support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.

spiralsheep posting in

endings

This is the season of ghosts. Their pale forms are invisible in bright sunlight. Winter makes them clear again.

otter posting in

thisfinecrew

I'm not even sure what to ask, say, or do about this.

I have services from an ARMHS worker and provide services via IHS and PCA. It's about half of my monthly income.

"The Association of Residential Resources in Minnesota, which represents 200 organizations that provide disability services, said pausing payments for the Medicaid programs could “destabilize an already fragile care network.”

“Pausing payments to legitimate providers for up to 90 days is not an accountability measure, it’s an existential threat to the care infrastructure that keeps Minnesotans with disabilities safe, housed and supported in their community,” ARRM CEO Sue Schettle said in a statement.

Among the 14 affected programs: Integrated Community Supports, Nonemergency Medical Transportation, Peer Recovery Services, Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services, Adult Day Services, Personal Care Assistance/Community First Services and Supports, Recuperative Care, Individualized Home Supports, Adult Companion Services, Night Supervision, Assertive Community Treatment and Intensive Residential Treatment Services.

https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/walz-pauses-payments-for-14-high-risk-medicaid-programs/

Indeed do many things come to pass

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