For those of us foreseeing that "things are going to get very bad," Sherrilynn Ifill offers some valuable pragmatic tips about surviving

[bob@beamship.mpaq.org]

@wdlindsy

"Homeless services": cut out them, often Christan Cults and help your neighbors directly. (Just a worthless homeless bums advice)

[msbellows@c.im]

@wdlindsy I love this part:
"If you litigate, do it with the expectation that you will win. And act like it. Show out. Be excellent and remain confident. Those who can still feel shame - whether those at your opponents table or those on the bench - will feel it when you hold the standard high. And your clients will never forget it....

"If you hold office. Hold it. Do not give up your power. Use your voice. Master every rule. Make a record. I repeat. Make a record - so that the truth might be known."

[nceladean@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

Would be great it Blue State leaders threw down the gauntlet and just straight up ignored or refused to enforce batshit and unjust laws from Chump

[ianto_jones@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy thank you for sharing. I plan to completely avoid watching the train wreck and focus on self-preservation and keeping my loved ones safe. It's all that matters, and I will not succumb to the psyops. At all. This is my goal.

I have enough friends who pay attention and fill me in, tbh. At least for now.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@ianto_jones Keeping safe definitely should be one of our top priorities now, and trying to help others be safe.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@nceladean Yes.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@msbellows Yes, excellent commentary.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@bob I didn't create the list to which you're responding. Sherrilyn Ifill did, as the initial posting in the thread says. Perhaps some or many homelessness services are run by church organizations. I think it's a good idea always, as one makes donations, to see how effectively a group is serving its target population.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@evacide "Think about tightening security on your electronic devices" is her opening statement in this section of her advice points.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Nonya_Bidniss Yes, I think of that, too, and of the sudden yanking of Social Security and Medicare. I think much more is possible than many folks have begun to imagine.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@hacks4pancakes @Nonya_Bidniss Yes, a definite concern.

[nonya_bidniss@infosec.exchange]

@wdlindsy Yep all of it. And my Federal pension which I live on.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Nonya_Bidniss Yes — sad to say, everything's now vulnerable.

[lolonurse@ohai.social]

@wdlindsy
Obviously not speaking to low-income seniors living on nothing but SS, or the working poor juggling bills/ food/rent/healthcare... etc.

[lolonurse@ohai.social]

@wdlindsy
Resilience & a backup have become luxuries.

[therieau@bitbang.social]

@wdlindsy This is probably a good spot to share a link to the privacy tools page on the @eff site. Lots of great stuff here.

Tools from EFF's Tech Team

EFF’s team of technologists and computer scientists engineers solutions to the problems of sneaky tracking, inconsistent encryption, and more. Where users face threats to their privacy and security online, EFF’s technology tools are there to defend them. For those with design, programming, and/or...

Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org)

[lolonurse@ohai.social]

@wdlindsy @Nonya_Bidniss
I'd be screwed.

[philip_cardella@historians.social]

@wdlindsy @MoiraEve even if this is a pessimistic appraisal everyone needs to come to grips with the fact that it's a very possible outcome. Given it's possible, likely even, we have to prepare as if it's certain.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@philip_cardella @MoiraEve I agree.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@lolonurse @Nonya_Bidniss Same for me.