Disinformation is everywhere. Don’t share it (even to debunk.) Don’t comment in most cases. Instead, write a post with correct, positive information. If you must respond directly, take a screenshot and use editing tools to mark it with a big red X, then write your own post debunking it. Remember to use the “Truth Sandwich”!
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Authoritarians test new protocols on groups we’re ambivalent about. If we go along, they expand the program, and then you have to explain why it was okay for one group, but not another. Reducing your own bias is resistance work, so learn more about transgender people. Now linked : another study showing no advantage in sports one year into hormone therapy.
In many areas you can buy home-made meals cooked by local people through networks. It’s a popular side-gig, particularly with immigrants. From trunk Tamales to networks of home cooks, shift your purchases from large take-out chains to good food, cooked by neighbors. Or ask a neighbor if they’d like to barter for chores!
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Election.holiday (that’s the URL) wants you to make election day the civic holiday it ought to be! Throw a party, pass out themed snacks, or decorate like it’s a 4th of July you can stand behind! Pass out fun “I voted” stickers, or have an open house for neighbors to drop by for cookies after they vote. Do something to make it an event!
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Food insecurity affects millions of American children. Make Halloween nourishing fun by including simple kid-friendly real food as one of the options in your Halloween bowl: fruit cups, shelf-stable strawberry milk, mac-n-cheeese cups…
There’s still a little time for a pumkin patch visit, apple picking, or a hayride date! Many farms rely on Autumn “tourism” to make ends meet, and most close after Halloween. Plan some fun this weekend!
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