If making NYE resolutions is your tradition, include resistance! There are hundreds of ways to focus on resistance, or to sneak it into things you already wanted to do. From “call Congress once a week” to looking for a better job, make resistance part of your thinking. We’ve got dozens of suggestions!
There’s still a little cozy weather for tea and reading! Or how about a beach book? Buy or borrow a book and read something longer-form. If it’s been a while, read anything at all. Get back in the habit of training your mind to stick with one topic for more than a few minutes. Click through for some of our favorites!
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!
If you haven’t dumped your Amazon account entirely, there’s still a way to push back: turn off tracking! It’s a win-win for you: targeted ads are designed to appeal to your impulses, not your needs (and they’re targeted so badly!), and they fuel Amazon’s marketing empire. Click through for EFF’s guide.
Go spend time in the place you live! Visit a museum, stroll through an arboretum, or visit local shops with an eye out for graduation gifts. Be a tourist in the place you live and bring new eyes to the experience. Chat with shop owners and get to know your own city in a new way.
It’s Saturday (and Sunday) Market season! Check to see if local markets have started up, and if they have go wander through. Take some cash and buy some flowers, fresh rhubarb, or just get a coffee and enjoy community!
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Yesterday Canvas, a widely used course management software, suffered a ransomware attack. Grades, assignments, communication channels…all gone! Last year it was a medical software system. Today, make a plan to back up important contact information, from your Mom’s address to the insurance policy number.
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