Daily Tasks

A collection of all the concrete, simple steps we have imagined so far. If you would like to refine your search further, we’ve broken them down into tasks that take money, tasks that take time, and things that help you be resilient, so you can keep resisting for as long as it takes. They’re up there in the menu!

It’s a Wonderful Life

This Christmas classic is also just a great movie about capitalism, class warfare, and struggling to see the effect you have on the world. If you haven’t watched it in years, give it a chance!

For a more modern take on community-building, we recommend Klaus, a delightful animated origin-story about Santa, featuring indigenous Scandinavian Sámi characters.

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Local Gift Certificates

It’s panic-buying time! I know…we weren’t going to, but we are, aren’t we? Remember this: you can buy gift certificates to local businesses, restaurants or even “chamber of commerce” gift certificates good for multiple places. Skip Starbucks and Amazon, and support small businesses with your last-minute purchases.

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Watch CECOT

Hours before airing, 60-minutes redacted its coverage of U.S. treatment of “detained” immigrants. They forgot to cancel it on streaming services to Canada though, and some quick-thinking Canadian filmed his TV and posted it online. Within an hour it was popping up — then getting redacted — across the internet. Watch what they try to hide.

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Out and Proud!

Are you about to see racist Aunt Mary again? If you’re still trying to figure out how to navigate a MAGA relative (or six) check out our tips on being open about your beliefs in healthy, boundary-respecting ways. If you think it doesn’t matter — it does. MAGA is quiet quitting!

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Real Hope

We’re all hungry for hope, and malign actors are meeting that need with a proliferation of fake feel-good tales. False hope is more dangerous than no hope at all, so I only share stories I can verify — and that keeps getting harder. Today we offer a year-end wrap up of hopeful real stories. If you need a boost, click through!

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PBS Passport

A few months ago nationwide demonstrations made Sinclair and Nexstar un-cancel Kimmel. Now CBS cancelled a 60-minutes documentary on illegal deportation of immigrants hours before it was scheduled to air. Pushback is still organizing, but you know who keeps on going through every scandal? PBS, despite the funding cuts.
For $5/mo get extended content and help support PBS.

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