In many areas you can buy home-made meals cooked by local people through networks. It’s a popular side-gig, particularly with immigrants whose daily food is exotic restaurant fare here. From trunk Tamales and private chefs to networks of home cooks, shift your purchases from large take-out chains to good food cooked by neighbors. Or ask about a barter, if you know a great cook!
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Take a class to build resilience (cooking, sewing) or meet people (art, sports) to build community, defeat burnout, and keep the local economy going. Start at your library or community college and look for something interesting! Many classes are sliding scale and taught by local people.
FSAs and HSAs both allow you to pay medical bills with pre-taxed dollars. They differ in eligibility, contribution caps, and withdrawal details. If you have access to either option, funnel at least enough salary through for your basic annual medical needs…every dollar the regime doesn’t get helps!
Splurge on a small treat for yourself. Resistance is exhausting and fascism is a grind. Buy tiny trinkets, wrap them in pretty paper, and open one after you engage in resistance!
GenAI is a tool, as useful or dangerous as those who control it. That’s the oligarchs and the regime, right now. We recommend avoiding GenAI whenever possible, but if you do use it, avoid Grok and ChatGPT. Grok is obvious, but ChatGPT shifted from non-profit to Trump’s biggest donor and it fuels ICE, too. Use open-source instead, if you choose to partake.
Did you get more than $1000 in tax refund? That’s money you loaned the regime, tax-free, for a year! Learn how to adjust your withholding to minimize your tax refund (or bill). Don’t use your tax refund as a savings account – put it in a real savings account and keep the interest!
