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Realizing I can't just shut down and push everyone away the second I feel misunderstood if I want to actually grow as a person and learn to tolerate discomfort enough to try new things and make my dreams come true with my own two hands

allsadnshit

God damn it

jadedfadedalmostgone

ageae

rvllybllply2014

The fact that this is 80 fucking years ago but still just as relevant is terrifying.

mollybeenoel

Source: poeticalphotos

theotherwesley

He was as tall as he was tall, and his eyes were the color they were. To describe his hair one would say that he had some. His face had all the features you'd expect, and none of the ones you wouldn't. "There he is," people would often say of him, but only when he was there. And they were right.

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zegalba

Flowers by Irving Penn (1980)

bluepeets

https://twitter.com/coff33detective/status/1271463582312673281

“make yourselves impossible to ignore. 10,000 signatures on twitter is a lot but 10 unique personal emails is enough to derail an entire council session.”

starlightomatic

I was in a city council meeting last week about defunding the police and one of the council members mentioned multiple times that she’d been inundated with calls and emails all that day saying to defund the police.

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[ID: Two screenshots of a twitter thread by alex flanigan, anti-fascist @Coff33Detective from June 12, 2020 beginning at 11:25 AM that reads: hi! i work in local government and community management, and i’m here to tell you a secret: it is like, really, really easy to overwhelm the people who work in your local government. especially right now. especially on things they can actionably do or impact.

you may not know this, but i bet your city or town or municipality has a website. i bet that website has some contact forms or email addresses on it. i bet you can use them to put together a message in about 5 minutes! i bet it’s almost as easy as signing a national petition.

which is to say: i’m noticing, like most other people, that the national level discussion on really important and long overdue issues is flagging. but the internet and news cycle is not the only battleground, and you will be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to—

—fight those battles at home, on your own turf, with much more immediate impact, and they are so, so important.

I am begging you: make my job, and the jobs of people like me, difficult right now. flood us with demands. make yourselves impossible to ignore. 10,000 signatures on twitter is a lot but 10 unique personal emails is enough to derail an entire council session. End ID]

corpsebrigadier-deactivated2025

I’ve been a city council observer with the League of Women Voters for nearly a year, and I have witnessed the following:

A few guys voicing their anxiety about speeding on a street where their children play and suggesting a radar speed sign. Despite catching all of two meetings where this was mentioned, I walked back home one day and–yep–there was a radar speed sign up.

A persistent force of 3-5ish loud residents coming to zoning and council meetings because they did not want a drive through style restaurant moving into a particular area where there were already major issues with traffic congestion and safety. This eventually resulted in a Chik-fil-a having its planning proposal shot down by council such that the lot is now likely to house an Aldi. I am getting low cost groceries instead of bigotry chicken in my neighborhood because of a D&D party’s worth of regular speakers.

A turnout of residents shouting down an attempt to reduce the amount of funding for the community Juneteenth celebration until Council backed down. One meeting. Roughly a dozen people + their kids speaking about the significance of the holiday. The celebration ended up having its full funding restored.

In my experience, it is incredibly easy to bully local politicians and get some sort of results, especially in small municipalities. If you have something that you want to see happen at the local level, seriously try to contact your local officials and see what you can make happen.

sleepycatmama

I single-handedly got them to double the number of chickens you are allowed to keep in my former town.

killyridols

praised and confused by grace lee, 2023, oil on linen, 8 × 9.75 inches

u-u-h

If you haven't started prepping, now's the time.

Get your prescriptions, vaccines, book your appointments (and ask to be put on cancellation lists), buy those snacks and non-perishable and freezable foods, and whatever else you think might be affected by inflation or deregulation.

If you have HRT prescriptions with refills and think you might lose coverage, fill them early and use a coupon like goodrx or singlecare to fill the others out of pocket. Your pharmacy may actually be able to tell you the cheapest coupon and apply it at your request.

I would also recommend stocking up on NIOSH certified N95 masks and other PPE as more epidemics and pandemics are/will be running concurrently. (Currently COVID, RSV, Norovirus, and Avian Flu.) And research how to appropriately disinfect masks and porous and non-porous surfaces when possible.

Start looking into local community organizations and support groups. Make friends or acquaintances with your neighbors or community members when safe and possible. Get involved in local government if you are physically, mentally, and financially able to, even if it's just going to school board meetings or city, county, or state proceedings.

Start looking up local and state self defense laws and equip yourself appropriately with knowledge and gear, save/memorize the phone numbers of Lambda Legal, Transgender Law Center, ACLU, a reputable local criminal defense attorney, and anyone else who might be important. Keep those numbers and list of your meds and health conditions on you. (I will expand on this section if interest is shown.)

Look into getting a ProtonMail and Proton VPN account or the upgraded yearly version if you can afford it, and switch to Firefox and duckduckgo.

Get yourself some comfort items, whether it's food, plushies, whatever will make you feel better.

(I wouldn't be surprised if sex toy bans started popping up, so consider that.)

Here is how to keep updated:

These are the broad strokes of what has been said will take priority in his 100 Day 1 executive orders (I've heard that as many as 200-800 have been pre-drafted for him to sign over the first day):

Donald Trump has ambitious Day 1 plans for when he moves back into the White House in January.

This site will be updated with executive orders as they are signed and made public:

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

As usual, please consider the broad impact these actions will have before you tag it as US politics.