Gone are the days of well educated elites. Now we have the scourge that is the putrified remains of ruling class’s shit.

Enlightened self interest? How about unchecked greed and moral bankruptcy instead?

You’re doing the gods’ work

I think there’s a lot of great ideas in here, but I’d start with the stuff that, when you need it, you need it now.

Something I didn’t see mentioned yet was a wrench to turn your water off at the line that goes into your house. If you’re on a well, then whatever tools you’d need to turn that valve off. If you spring a bad leak you want to shut that off asap

A few other things that seem like good things to have BEFORE you need them

• Plunger and drain snake (Good to have both, sometime the plunger won’t cut it, but it’s much easier to use a plunger if that’s all you need)
• First aid kit
• Fire extinguisher
• Carbon monoxide/smoke detectors
• Spare keys, give them to people you trust or hide them really well so you don’t have to break in if you get locked out
• A big bucket for leaks, mopping, etc
• ladder
• Generator if you can afford it
• Emergency bag with food, water, flashlight, spare batteries, cheap phone, list of numbers, map, first aid kit, etc

Those are the kinds of things I’d look to buying first since anything else you can just go get when you need it.

Small pet peeve of mine, wd40 is NOT a lubricating oil, it’s a penetrating oil, and a cheap one at that.

Penetrating oil is what you use when things are stuck. It will dissolve whatever old oil or grease was in a joint, and flush it away, and it can be useful for rust removal as well, but it is NOT protective. Get some kind of protective oil like silicone, lithium grease, or balistol for lubrication and protection.

Right? It’s weird. It’s ALMOST like they actually don’t care at all about the poors and really just want to make their billionaire buddies happy.

Thank goodness THAT isn’t the case.

It would be even worse if the only alternative was purely performative when it came to class issues and only better because they’re contrasted against literal fascists. That would be a truly sorry state of affairs for the BEST COUNTRY ON EARTH. Good thing it’s just a money problem.

Can you remind me what this is from?

Beginning of the article:

An executive order signed Monday by US President Donald Trump may permit “random fascist vigilantes” to help him crack down on protests across the country, according to one prominent civil rights lawyer. The new order, which comes amid wider concern about Trump’s militarized takeover of Washington, DC, directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to ensure that each state’s National Guard is equipped to "assist Federal, State, and local law enforcement in quelling civil disturbances and ensuring the public safety.”

Link to the EO

I like the AuthaGraph map myself, but I’m happy to see an equal area projection being proposed!

God is change. All that we touch we change. All that we change, changes us. - Earth Seed, Book of the living - Parable of The Sower by Octavia Butler

Why the * in Romans? Is Roman a bad word now?