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Poll #33132 round 175 theme poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 44

Pick the next theme of fancake:

Female Relationships
22 (50.0%)

Just Like Canon
7 (15.9%)

Sunshine & Grumpy
15 (34.1%)

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Fandom: Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG1
Characters/Pairings: John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Teyla Emmagan, Ronon Dex, Elizabeth Weir, Radek Zelenka, Carson Beckett, Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, San Carter, Teal'c, Caroline Lam, Hank Landry
Rating: Teen
Length: 20,335
Content Notes: Disability due to aging, anger, grief and loss.
Creator Links: respoftw on AO3
Themes: Angst with a happy ending, Established relationship, Hurt/comfort, AU: canon divergence

Summary: A canon divergent AU after 'Common Ground'
“We just don’t have the resources or the facilities to care for him here. I wish that circumstances were different, you have no idea how much I wish that, but the fact remains. My medical recommendation is for us to send him back to Earth.”

Rodney refuses to leave John behind.

Reccer's Notes: In this story, John isn't given back his years after they were taken from him in Common Ground by Todd the Wraith, so he's very old and frail. Elizabeth and the Atlantis expedition are shocked when, after they decide to send John back to Earth for care and treatment (and to die), Rodney resigns and goes with him. However, the first obstacle to that is of course John, who half kills himself angrily rejecting Rodney and telling him he doesn't want him to come. The story is about the struggle they both face with John so frail, scared and ashamed, and Rodney, trying to cope while grieving and exhausted - and not too physically well himself. SG1 rally around to help, as do Teyla and Ronon back in Pegasus, and, well, this is the angst with a happy ending tag, after all. An at-times gruelling, but sometimes funny and overall heartwarming read, with great characterisation.

Fanwork Links: Grow Old Without You

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If (like me and my adult offspring) you owe paperwork to renew your Medicaid, you should get it in right away. And we're going to need to confirm eligibility twice a year rather than every other year.

Specific to Massachusetts/MassHealth, from the Patch:
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I will certainly be writing to my Senator, Elizabeth Warren, to thank her for continuing to protect disabled and poor people.

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https://translifeline.org/clarifying-misinformation-about-our-hotline-number/

Post from a friend who writes better than I do-

This is HARMFUL misinformation which is having a real impact, wasting a limited resource intended for a minority community, one that is also PROVIDED by members of that same community. When desperate Americans call, they are inadvertently harming Canadian trans people on both sides of the line.

At best, whoever made this graphic was woefully ignorant, but I suspect this may be strategic propaganda. But you know what? The intent doesn't matter; it's the outcomes that matter. Let this source of bad outcomes stop with you! Do not spread the wrong info, and correct it when you see it!

Corrections rarely get as much traction as the original misinfo, and I don't have much reach, so PLEASE feel free to share my dippy graphic (or make a better one). *They had made a graphic which I have not included*

Also, I know we all have limited mental energy right now, but you have GOT to fact check memes before you share them! I'm so sorry to say this, as good fact checking is difficult, and it's so much easier to just read and share. However, this is the kind of harm we enable every time we don't do our due diligence.

In the words of Shel Silverstein, some kinds of help are the kinds of help we all can do without. One relatively simple way to be Mr. Rogers helpers instead of Shel Silverstein "helpers" is to stand in the way of bad information - make sure it's really real before you pass it on, and if you aren't sure or don't have time to fully confirm the information, just don't post it!!!

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It's been another busy month since the last check-in, with more than a dozen posts, who of which were lists of planned protests.

( last month's posts )

Thanks to everyone who posted. Here's a check-in poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Poll #33085 May 2025 check-in poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 24

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In the last month, I

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called one of my senators
15 (62.5%)

called my other senator
14 (58.3%)

called my congressmember
10 (41.7%)

called my governor
5 (20.8%)

called another state or local official
9 (37.5%)

did get-out the vote work, such as postcarding or phone-banking
2 (8.3%)

voted
3 (12.5%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
12 (50.0%)

went to a protest
11 (45.8%)

attended an in-person activist group
6 (25.0%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
3 (12.5%)

donated money to a cause
17 (70.8%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebacking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
18 (75.0%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
2 (8.3%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
1 (4.2%)

committed to action in the coming month
7 (29.2%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop some 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.

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