At this point, I have very little patience for the anti-voting crowd. You're not a hero. You're not being seditious. You're refusing to do the bare minimum. Yeah yeah, you should do more than voting, but that's not the point right now.

Politicians don't spend insane amounts of money on their campaigns for no reason. People have not historically fought and died for the right to vote for no reason. Republicans aren't stupid, and they don't spend egregious amounts of money trying to make voting HARDER for no reason.

Now, I'm from Colorado, which makes voting very easy. We get a blue book full of all the judge retentions, all of the ballot initiatives, explaining what to be "for" or "against" means in each. There are plenty of 24/7 ballot drop off stations. This is not how it is in many US states, *because politicians know that voting does make an impact.*

At the same time, don't fall into a doomer spiral. No "we're so close to nuclear war" jokes. No speculation. Just vote, and breathe.

Well, shit.

Just gonna forward FUCK LAWNS posts for the most part today, they're a lot better about not being despairing.

And also, I would like to remind everyone that learned helplessness is a choice. Voting is 1 of many steps to making a better world, and the rest are still on the table, even if they're more difficult now.

Hey all. I'm working on a HUGE project.

I am writing a large document, that goes state by state for the USA and outlines food assistance, housing vouchers, welfare programs, state based health insurances, LGBTQ+ resources, emotional and mental health care and if needed Asylum seeking information for various countries.

If you can help, I'm using Google Docs. Please Pm @SirHoofer if you can help. If not, please be safe and take care. I do run a support chat and will get anyone who wants the link in pm's as well.

Hi friends, I encourage you all to do something, right now. Go to a protest, make some friends. Join an org, talk to your coworkers about unionizing. Find mutual aid lists, donate. Help out grassroots organizers.

I'm broke and live in rural, rural Virginia, so I can't do too much in person, but I've made a point to pass around mutual aid documents and have also been sharing and intend to donate to reprorisingva.org, the website for an organization trying to enshrine reproductive rights into the Virginia constitution.

It's small, but a lot of small action adds up.