my oldest boba fett headcanon, from before i even knew what a headcanon was, is that this man, who regularly whiled away the hours on kamino as a boy reading novels and who has a job that often requires him to do nothing more than stand around looking menacing for hours on end, definitely has an e-reader app installed on his helmet
boba missed luke like four times on the sail barge and then fell in the sarlacc because he accidentally clicked his 23 open tabs of space-ao3 instead of his combat display
The script to oppose KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) is now officially on https://5calls.org/. Call if you wanna kill KOSA again! It's a must if you don't want age verification in the US!
Hey All I wanted to share a resource with my US peeps that I was sent recently that I think is really nicely organized!
my local student union put together this great list of folks to call on different funding committees in the House and Senate (originally organized to reach out about federal funding cuts to research, something that’s been effecting me and everyone I work with a ton), so take a look at this list and give everyone from your state a call!
(For those worried about clicking mystery links the lists look like this and goes on for several pages 👍)
Since it lists all of the members in those committees that means that there are multiple representatives per state in most of them, which means that even if you live in a blue area you can find those red seats that you can and should contact within your own state! (You should also be contacting the Dems too! We need that overwhelming public opinion right now)
Bonus scripts and motivational gifs under the cut for those that would like those resources!
If you’re nervous about calling here’s a script sheet (it mostly focuses on public research funding, since this list was made for the National Institute of Health cuts), but the most important thing is just to call, say your name and state/zip code, and a real quick bullet summary of your concerns!
Examples:
I’m worried cuts to the forestry sector will raise fire risk
I’m worried cuts to the aviation industry will make flights unsafe
I’m worried we’re firing people crucial to our national security
I’m concerned that cutting research funding and putting so many people out of a job will stagnate the economy
I think these funding and staff cuts will severely damage the United State’s ability to compete internationally
I’m worried these funding cuts will damage our public health
I’m alarmed at the risk of Medicare being cut
I didn’t vote for Elon Musk and am alarmed he’s moving without congress’ approval
My job has already been impacted by [XYZ] and I need the representative to do something about it
etc. - these examples are mostly just for funding and staff cuts, but you can also bring up more bullet points like calling out Trump’s embrace of Russia/calling himself a King/etc. as constitutional concerns you want this representative you’re calling to address.
Pick any or all of these to list off during the call and then just keep rolling!
And finally some bonus motivational gifs to look at while you work through the list:
Bringing this back to say I just tried 5calls.org and oh my god it’s a game changer - you just click the topic you want to call about (they have a great long list) and put in your zip code and it immediately brings up a list of numbers and scripts to use - it’ll also include local numbers if they have em so you can hit them all up at once!
Doing it on my phone I could just click the number to call, then set it to speaker and navigate back to the webpage to read off the script and then click to get the next number when I finished- it’s so easy I finished all my calls to my contacts in like 3 minutes I can’t believe I didn’t find this sooner a;lsdjkf
UPDATE: Apparently they have an app for Android and iOS too!
SEPTEMBER 1ST (Labor Day) - MayDayStrong and other orgs are organizing for a day of protests, with others the same weekend.
You can find list of participating locations here
Today’s Bonus Quick Tasks:
Email your governor to increase solar production before the end of the year!
Complete some Climate Actions in this linktree.
Sign this petition to restore funding for rooftop solar panels.
Tell Congress to reassert power over tarriffs! (prewritten letter)
Swap from Chrome to Ecosia, the web browser that plants trees and is fully powered by renewable energy!
If your representative has done something good lately (spoke out or voted in favor of ongoing issues, introduced new legislation, showed up to speak at a town hall), remember to THANK THEM during your calls! Sugar works better than sticks in many instances and if constituents call to say they noticed when they did good things they will be incentivized to keep it up!
Daily Good News summary! (Scott Dawkin has been summarizing daily updates on his substack)
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