If you're feeling overwhelmed, it's intentional. They're calling it "flooding the zone." The intent is to overwhelm and exhaust us so we can not effectively resist. Something simple you can do right now now is to make sure to take breaks and rest.

People who voted for Trump have got to stop acting surprised when he does all the horrible things he said he would do

Pick your focus and stick with it. We cannot fight in all fronts or we will become overwhelmed. But we can all peel off a corner in our area of expertise and begin to reveal effective strategies for resisting the chaos. Every single one of us has something to offer.

hiii new here and trying to find mutuals!
into:
Gideon the ninth
politics
art
community
lesbians
reading
writing!
(please be my friend 😶‍🌫️)

Don’t despair too much about [gestures wildly]. There are good people all around you, all wanting to make a better community and world. Connect with them and do what you can to help each other survive. Worst case scenario, they’ll be your neighbors in the camps.

With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,

NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off

Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory

Be an ally

i’m so tired but i’ve got obligations 😩

Remember to log off sometimes. You can't rage post for four years straight without losing your mind

I'm so glad there are fic writers willing to share their stories with us on ao3. The world is too horrible, the anxiety too intense and the stomach ache too bad to endure the day without being able to read my favorite characters suffering and laughing and banging nasty

If you’re waiting for a charismatic leader to step up and fix everything, get used to waiting.

There’s no mythical rescuer coming. There’s just all of us and the daily work of supporting our communities.

Find a local org, get involved, help the people around you. That’s the only answer.

Positivity, kindness, and earnestness are about to be even more punk af.

It‘s right to be terrified that they are not even trying to hide where this is all heading. But they are banking on that terror immobilizing us.

Be afraid. Be angry. But don’t believe them that we don’t have the power to get in their way. If we didn’t, they wouldn’t be trying so hard to scare us.

as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park