maeve harris @maeve@girlcock.club

Valentina Sampaio, already known for being Victoria's Secret's first out #transgender model, will appear in the upcoming Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue. Only a very small mention of her being transgender appears in the issue https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2020/07/13/her-name-is-valentina-sampaio-sports-illustrateds-first-out-transgender-swimsuit-model/#6f29c89f3edc

#Colorado governor calls anti-maskers 'selfish bastards' and extends anti- #Covid19 orders for 30 days https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-governor-calls-anti-maskers-selfish-bastards-extends-covid-orders-1517401

US Federal Judge permanently blocks #Georgia's #abortion ban. ruling it unconstitutional; Another Judge issued a temporary injunction until July 27 against #Tennesee's similar law. Appeals are expected https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/507082-federal-judges-block-abortion-ban-laws-in-tennessee-georgia

A Federal Judge has lifted the injunction against the publication of #Trump niece Mary's book on the family, and sales of the book can now proceed. He ruled the nondisclosure agreement she signed 20 years ago invalid. https://www.thedailybeast.com/mary-trump-free-to-dish-on-her-family-and-tell-all-book-judge-rules

The world's authoritarians are quite thrilled by US Secretary of State's peculiar notion of 'religious freedom': "the Global Holy War Against Liberal Democracy" https://www.thedailybeast.com/pompeos-idea-of-religious-freedom-sounds-like-heaven-to-the-worlds-authoritarians

In a new survey, 28% of US men say that progress towards gender equality has come at their expense. Losing centuries-long privilege is no doubt inconvenient, but the whining is annoying. 57% of the general population says equality has long way to go https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/13/nearly-30percent-of-men-say-gains-toward-gender-equality-has-come-at-their-expense.html

#UK gov't warns businesses that they are quite unprepared for the customs declarations, tariffs, and other requirements that #Bexit will bring to trading with the #EU in a 200 page document https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53395560

The #Republican Party of the US is in fear on an approaching train wreck that will cost them the majority in the US #Senate, as Democrats far exceed them in on-line fundraising. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/13/senate-gop-fundraising-emergency-358864

#Facebook and #Instagram ban all content promoting conversion therapy. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/10/tech/instagram-conversion-therapy-ban-scli-intl-gbr/index.html

US #Education Secretary #DeVos, in a television interview, insisted that all US school must open in the fall, and brushed off #coronavirus concerns https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/politics/betsy-devos-schools-reopening/index.html

Resources for senior #transgender persons https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/07/critical-resources-help-transgender-seniors-face-challenges-growing-older/

#UKpol: PM Boris Johnson is accused of a plan to 'emasculate' of the devolution agreement, as part of #Brexit, outraging #Scotland and #Wales (term 'emasculate' would be well purged from the English language) https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/12/boris-johnson-accused-of-plan-emasculate-uk-devolution

As a native Marylander, the prospect of a presidential run by current gov Larry Hogan in 2024, unlikely as it would be to be successful, horrifies me

I have joined the Australasian branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (#IWW), making me the 2nd member of the One Big Union in Thailand, I am advised by the Secretary. Both of us in Thailand are #transgender women, as is the Secretary.

A coalition of #BlackLivesMatter activists and US #labor unions are calling for a national strike to force corporations to raise wages and permit unionization. 25 cities on July 20.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/business/strike-for-black-lives-union-wages/index.html

#Britain (I suppose that means the #UK exclusive of Scotland), is 'the worst hit' by Covid19, with the exception of the US and Brazil, but a distressing percentage of citizens continue to refuse to wear masks https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/12/health/britain-masks-intl-gbr/index.html

US Surgeon General says that "if everybody does their part" and observes hygiene measures, "the U.S. can reverse course and control the latest outbreaks of the #coronavirus in just a few weeks" I think he has a screw loose.

Asians are in the habit of wearing masks during infections, I suppose because they are not subject to the Anglo-American defect of individualism

#Thailand, population 70 million, has 3217 active cases, 3 day new cases of 7, 70 currently infected, 58 deaths, according to July statistics.https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/thailand/

The White House and their co-conspirators are trying to discredit Dr. Fauci, the country's foremost immunologist and Covid rages across the nation https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-seeks-discredit-fauci-amid-coronavirus-surge-n1233612