Take stock of the things you use regularly and when you see a sale, buy an extra unit. This avoids a “run on the bank” during a crisis, while building your reserves and resilience over time. Make it a habit: if it’s a good sale, buy two.
Fascism wants us scared and drawn out, and it gives us plenty of reasons to feel that way. Push back with whimsy : use your arts or crafts skills to put together joyful, humorous or entertaining resistance messages. Pictured: Kim’s adorable resistance gnomes. They make me happy every time I see them. What could you do to spread joy?
J.K. Rowling doesn’t JUST have awful positions, she’s using her profit to fund transphobic legislation. If you buy Harry Potter branded items, you’re complicit. Don’t buy new, and click through for ideas about items you already have.
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The idea is simple: trade favors, collectively. Maybe you’re great with taxes, and Julie needs help. But what you really need is someone to clean the gutters, and Julie can’t climb ladders. Besides, Julie only needs an hour of help, and gutters will take three. With a time bank you help Julie…and Jim and Joe, then David helps you. He’s happy to do it. He got a lot of help after his wife’s surgery!
Wondering why Trump cancelled the penny? Resistance work relies on anonymous transactions—cash—and without the ability to make exact change, fewer people are using cash. Credit leaves a trail, and crypto is fueling the Trump family’s grift. Get and use cash. Accept you might not always get exact change—fascism is costing us more than a few pennies here and there!
