Plan ahead to buy meaningful gifts that support the world we’re building. Visit craft or ethnic fairs for locally made items, or plan a gift of food treats for the person who already has everything. If it’s the thought that counts, put thought into gifting! Click through for inspiration.
The problems with Spotify are old and well documented, but here’s a new one: they’re selling ICE recruitment advertising, and have not responded to calls to stop.
It’s far from the first problem with Spotify, but make it the last: pick a new platform. We recommend Tidal or Qobuz, for supporting artists with fair payment.
Want to do something more helpful than a cookie exchange? Throw a party to put together toiletry kits for unhoused people. Hand them out, put them in free food pantries, or donate to established shelters and pantries. Add a holiday treat for a festive touch. Everyone needs joy!
The holiday season is a great time to rebuild non-digital contact lists. Imagine you lost your phone and you couldn’t get online. Who could you reach? Begin with family and expand until you have an old-fashioned paper contact book again.
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Remember the SAVE act, that would have required voter verification likely to disenfranchise anyone whose birth certificate didn’t match their current ID? (Like a lot of married women, for example…)
It didn’t die. It was reborn as a regulatory database that—coincidentally—also bears the acronym SAVE. Click through to protect voting rights.
Small businesses rely on the holiday season even more than big box stores. We can’t break corporate power without alternatives, so most economic pressure campaigns exempt small businesses. Whether you’re shopping today or not, boost small businesses for people who are. They need our business.
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