@wdlindsy One might say "hyperlocal" aid organizing. I follow some people who are doing various neighborhood efforts like community fridges and pantries. Learning how to do hydroponic gardening. Stuff like that. When you don't know how unstable the future is it's good to be prepared with like-minded people nearby.

@wdlindsy When my mom was little they pretty much lived on catfish they caught and potatoes. All this can easily happen again and remember, this is Bannon's entire plan. I don't know how well that meshes with the Heritage nuts but I can tell one thing, I think we're gonna see.

@wdlindsy I have to hope that crashing the banks would be against the oligarchs' interests...as to our fixed incomes, I don't trust the Republicans at all.

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

@wdlindsy I'm worried about some sudden banking crash and the Trump gov rescinding FDIC coverage so that some oligarchs can profit in some inscrutable way

"With the filibuster we've basically given 40 white guys who represent 12% of the population the ability to block anything"

- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, proposing that Harris should do away with the filibuster in order to complete initiatives that Republicans persistently block in order to make them election issues (The Reidout, 4 Nov)

@wdlindsy My cousin in IA just texted me about the poll, saying she didn't think Harris would pull it off but "it's fun to think about"

Trying to find a ZIP 100 USB drive since I stupidly got rid of mine like 25 years ago and now I need one to finish archiving my parents photos, most of which were on CDs but some are on ZIP disks that I have no way to read. My 40s-age kid: what's a ZIP drive?

@wdlindsy She is. Did you see that she was disinvited from a speech at the Naval Academy after pressure from Heritage?

@wdlindsy Ha! Long thread, I had seen it but missed the citation.

@wdlindsy Ruth Ben Ghiat's book Strongmen discusses this misogyny in fascist regimes at length. The suppression and sexual objectification of women is one of the defining characteristics seen in these male dictators.