Anomalies Alike

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

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.

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.

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):

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