In Memory of @porsupah — 2021 (Part 3)

porsupah — 2021-03-15T20:42:24.077Z
Content warning: covid-19, vaccine efficacy after first dose, +

"Results of the study, which covered the entire Scottish population of 5.4 million people, showed that by the fourth week after the initial dose, the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were found to reduce the risk of hospitalisation by up to 85% and 94% respectively."w00t!https://www.thedailystar.net/corona...ghly-effective-after-first-dose-study-2049617 [https://www.thedailystar.net/corona...ghly-effective-after-first-dose-study-2049617]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105895752101062774
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T00:45:50.560Z
The TRON: Legacy soundtrack Complete Edition's down to $7 on iTunes US:
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Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105896709358719884
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T02:04:03.829Z
Content warning: covid-19, deaths, charts, international

The current state of new deaths across Canada, Brazil, the UK, US, France, and Germany, per 100k population:https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart...&per100K=1&startDate=2020-09-01&values=deaths [https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart...00K=1&startDate=2020-09-01&values=deaths](The other lines are countries not highlighted in my selection - the ones faring worst are Eastern European: Czechia, Slovakia, Montenegro, Hungary, Moldova, and Bulgaria)

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105897016929003408

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Much as one might imagine, with peaks everywhere in January, except Brazil, which is on an upward trajectory. The UK's peak death rate stands out as being almost twice any of the other five) [SENSITIVE]
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T04:36:01.517Z
Content warning: lesbian vampires

Why, yes. ^_^First Kill "follows a teenage vampire called Juliette, who must 'make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family.'Juliette sets her sights on a new girl in town called Calliope, who is a vampire hunter from a family of renowned slayers.The synopsis adds: 'Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for.'"[The writer] "previously described the tale as “Killing Eve meets Buffy”Eight episodes, coming to Netflix sometime.https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/television/netflix-cast-lead-roles-in-its-upcoming-lgbtq-vampire-series-first-kill/ [https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/televisi...its-upcoming-lgbtq-vampire-series-first-kill/]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105897614460594427
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T11:39:28.855Z
Content warning: uspol, trans, Missouri, testimony, +

"A Missouri father is becoming known nationwide after testifying to the state legislature in support of his transgender daughter.Brandon Boulware, a lawyer and father of four, spoke March 3 to the Missouri House of Representatives, urging them to reject House Joint Resolution 53, which would bar trans girls from competing alongside cisgender girls in school sports."Here's some of his testimony.https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/3/15/missouri-dad-trans-daughter-testifies-against-anti-trans-bill [https://www.advocate.com/transgende...ns-daughter-testifies-against-anti-trans-bill]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105899279558930611

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The video's described in the link. He begins by saying how he originally opposed his trans daughter's true nature, but eventually accepted her, and what a wonderful difference in her outlook that brought about.

He goes on to urge voting against the bill at hand, which would bar trans girls from competing against cis girls in school sports. [SENSITIVE]
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T13:02:14.642Z
Not my sentiment ("I hate love, because love hates me".. though, the latter part checks out), but it's such a gloriously goofy track. ^_^BNNY RBBT "I Hate Love":
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porsupah — 2021-03-16T16:00:41.118Z
Content warning: trans, UK, CHX info

Behold Messrs. Barrett & Seal's masterpiece! Here's current info on the waiting list at Charing Cross, from a FoI request."The current number of patients awaiting their first appointment at the clinic:
7902 patientsThe longest time a patient had been on the wait list to date (stated in days):
1433 daysThe longest time a patient had to wait for their second appointment (stated in days):
994"Not even now will they accept the validity - and necessity - of Informed Consent. We need to change that.https://old.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/m6bhq0/foia_request_answered_by_tavistock_portman_gic_re/ [
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Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105900306654069854
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T21:07:21.782Z
Content warning: ukpol, Truss, GEO, -

Par for the course for an Office that's been filled with people who don't give a toss about their roles."New: Downing Street confirms part-time Women and Equalities Minister Liz Truss will not be attending a meeting of the Crime and Justice Taskforce this evening to discuss 'violence against women and girls'. Neither will anyone else from Government Equalities Office."https://nitter.eu/DavidTWilcock/status/1371444198285656066 [https://nitter.eu/DavidTWilcock/status/1371444198285656066]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105901512562602431
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T22:13:43.832Z
Content warning: ukpol, police, BLM, systemic racism

"Activists behind many of last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests have accused the police of targeting and harassing them in an effort to stop them from taking part in demonstrations against a police bill.As protesters gathered in Parliament Square on Monday, black activists told the Guardian that they received reports that police at the demonstration were approaching black women and asking their names. The activists believe these were attempts to flush them out before the protest got under way.The Guardian was also told that police had been calling activists from the morning, asking their whereabouts and what time they had intended to go to the protest. “We had to put a call out to black people that we know not to turn up,” one said."“During last summer’s protests it became clear that some of us were being targeted by police, who called us, emailed us, monitored us and shut down some of our social media accounts. We have repeatedly been threatened with arrest and jail time, causing some of us to fear for our physical safety for nearly a year."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-against-anti-protest-bill-targeted-by-police [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-against-anti-protest-bill-targeted-by-police]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105901773513969881
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T22:24:05.908Z
Content warning: ukpol, policing Bill, Parliament, -

"Government plans to introduce new powers to crack down on protests have cleared the first hurdle in the Commons — despite warnings an “all-out assault” the right to demonstrate from civil liberties groups.Following two days of debates on the contentious proposals, MPs voted by 359 to 263 to pass the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill at second reading in a move that was described as a 'dark stain on our democracy'."This is only the first stage, but with the Tories holding such a majority, it's difficult to hold much hope it won't eventually pass. It's up to the House of Lords now to at least remove the poisonous clauses against protest, and racking up ever harsher prison sentences.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/policing-bill-protests-government-vote-b1818118.html [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/policing-bill-protests-government-vote-b1818118.html]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105901814289190573
 
porsupah — 2021-03-16T23:22:17.779Z
Content warning: academic journals, University of California, Elsevier, +

Interesting step.. !As you may recall, the University of California cut ties with Elsevier two years ago, wanting to emphasise open access research publishing.They've now come to a four-year agreement, at no cost to UC ("which generates nearly 10 percent of all U.S. research output"!), wherein "all research with a UC lead author published in Elsevier’s extensive portfolio of hybrid and open access journals will be open access by default."https://www.universityofcalifornia....ess-deal-world-s-largest-scientific-publisher [https://www.universityofcalifornia....ess-deal-world-s-largest-scientific-publisher]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105902043139616012
 
porsupah — 2021-03-17T01:07:05.007Z
Content warning: uspol, transportation, roads, racism, Houston, +

"One of Texas’s most-notorious highway expansion projects is being put on pause, thanks to the efforts of local advocates and a U.S. Department of Transportation that’s newly committed to mitigating the racist impacts of federally funded transportation projects.Earlier this week, officials at the Texas Division of the Federal Highway Administration asked the Texas Department of Transportation to stop soliciting contracts for its proposed $7-billion North Houston Highway Improvement Project, citing concerns that the proposal would violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by subjecting communities of color to increased levels of air pollution, displacement and flooding.“To allow FHWA time to evaluate the serious Title VI concerns … we request TxDOT pause … until FHWA has completed its review,” Division Administrator Achille Alonzi wrote to TxDOT Executive Director James Bass on Monday, but not made public until Thursday.Often referred to by advocates as simply “the I-45 project” for the mega-highway upon which much of the construction would be focused, the massive effort would expand and re-route roughly 25 miles of the Space City’s aging downtown and northside freeways, displacing 1,000 disproportionately Black, Brown, and low-income households, along with a swath of businesses that employ almost 25,000 Houstonians."https://usa.streetsblog.org/2021/03...way-boondoggle-dealt-blow-by-buttigiegs-fhwa/ [https://usa.streetsblog.org/2021/03...way-boondoggle-dealt-blow-by-buttigiegs-fhwa/]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105902455156590905
 
porsupah — 2021-03-17T01:28:48.789Z
Content warning: uspol, Violence Against Women Act, +

"The U.S. House of Representatives is expected this week to approve reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — a 1994 law credited with significantly reducing intimate partner violence. ""The current iteration of the bill poised to pass the House would, among other things, add a prohibition on gun purchases by individuals who have been convicted of domestic violence against a partner they are not married to — often referred to as closing the “boyfriend loophole” — and extend tribal courts’ jurisdiction to non-Native American perpetrators of sexual assault and child abuse co-occurring with domestic violence, stalking and sex trafficking on tribal lands."https://19thnews.org/2021/03/violence-against-women-act-reauthorization-house/ [https://19thnews.org/2021/03/violence-against-women-act-reauthorization-house/]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105902540602396454
 
porsupah — 2021-03-17T03:21:43.314Z
Content warning: CA rent relief now available

"California’s Covid-19 rent relief application portal went live on Monday, which will help eligible landlords and tenants cover unpaid rent from the past year.""Landlords with eligible tenants can apply to get reimbursed for 80 percent of a tenant’s unpaid rent between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021 if they agree to forgive the remaining 20 percent.Tenants may also apply on their own if their landlords do not participate. Those meeting eligibility requirements can receive 25 percent of unpaid rent accrued between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021. This is the amount tenants must pay before June 30 to avoid eviction under the state’s Covid-19 Tenant Relief Act (Senate Bill 91).Some tenants may also be able to receive assistance to cover 100 percent of utilities for the past year and 25 percent of future rent when eviction protections expire."https://sfbayca.com/2021/03/16/cali...nts-can-now-apply-for-unpaid-rent-assistance/ [https://sfbayca.com/2021/03/16/cali...nts-can-now-apply-for-unpaid-rent-assistance/]

Original: https://lgbt.io/@porsupah/105902984588956188
 
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