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yasuragi dot dkos at gmail dot com
Real Name: UID 168052 (for old time's sake)
Groups: Gulf Watchers Group, White Privilege Working Group, Kos Katalogue, Mojo Friday = Musings for Friday, Liveblog Group, DeepKos, New Diary Writers, Netroots For The Troops®, Black Kos community, The Yes We Can Pragmatists, Lyme Disease Awareness, Protest Music, LatinoKos, ClassWarfare Newsletter: WallStreet VS Working Class Global Occupy movement, Moose On The Loose, Daily Kos Phazebook Progressive Social Networking Group, Abolish the Death Penalty, Slavery in the United States - History, Barriers and Bridges, Occupy Wall Street, Invisible People, New Diarists, Bloggers Against Torture, Theatricals, Realistrati, Small Business Administration of Kossackistan, Way of Dragon, Trial Watch, Support the Dream Defenders, Prison Watch, DK VA Hospital Service Project, KosLit, Bring Home our Girls, Climate Action Hub, SpiritSisters, White House Picture of the Day, DK Fans of 90 for 90, 50 State Strategy Project, Moral Movement Forward Together, A Home for Wings and Aji, SOS Puerto Rico, Kamala2020, Shakespeare Working Group
Twitter: @yasuragiDK
Diaries published: 127 (2143 days since last diary on Thu Jan 25, 2018 at 11:38 AM PST)
Comments posted: 120995 (3 days since last comment on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 01:07 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 10443
Total Comment Ratings: 812482
Most Recommended Diary: Dear Markos: It Didn't Have to Be This Way, 1212 comments, 818 recommends
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Onomastic suddenly collapsed in a train station on her way home from a visit here, and was rushed to a hospital where she’s now in ICU. I only have the roughest of details, but it appears her heart stopped briefly. The information I’m getting right...
by Yasuragi
356 comments on Thu Jan 25, 2018 at 11:38 AM PST with 417 Recommends |
Wings and Aji are finally safe in their beautiful new home. And newly married. But things never are that happily ever after. This country, if you’re not part of the privileged few, can grind you down.
Back in 2010 when GulfWatchers covered the...
by Yasuragi
111 comments on Thu Dec 07, 2017 at 04:01 PM PST with 79 Recommends |
First of all, Aji’s words about this post were, and I’m quoting her directly:
I WANT IT KNOWN THAT THIS WAS COERCED.
So… there you have it. All that follows was coerced. She didn’t want us to do it, but we’re doing it anyway.
Seriously. ...
by Yasuragi
229 comments on Mon Nov 13, 2017 at 04:01 PM PST with 105 Recommends |
REALLY HAPPY UPDATE:
Aji and Wings will sleep in their new home tonight.
By Tuesday, the should be completely in the house, and out of the RV.
You all are AMAZING.
ADDENDUM:
Aji says they are “profoundly grateful. Like literal tears of...
by Yasuragi
188 comments on Thu Oct 05, 2017 at 04:13 PM PDT with 61 Recommends |
Touching Update:
Just want to share a story with you guys that touched my heart last night. A Kossack who wishes to remain anonymous made a large contribution on that first match: s/he had lived through Irma, and only got power restored last...
by Yasuragi
313 comments on Fri Sep 15, 2017 at 04:01 PM PDT with 84 Recommends |
For dear friends of mine — and of yours — what has passed for “home” has been a metal box filled with toxic vapors, and dangerous wiring that has already caught fire twice. A metal box that is blistering hot in summer, hopelessly arctic in winter....
by Yasuragi
241 comments on Mon Jun 05, 2017 at 04:00 PM PDT with 94 Recommends |
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