Now is an excellent time to start keeping a diary or journal.

We’ve seen first hand how easily information can get scrubbed from the internet. Don’t rely on your socials to tell your story.

Document atrocities. Share moments of hope. Make sure future generations know how we fell into fascism.

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My journal honors the powerful words of freedom fighters: Tubman, King, and beyond. I keep quotes from these heroes of justice, from Rosa Parks to Rustin, their wisdom guiding me. Their struggles and triumphs inspire me daily; their words, a timeless call to action.
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The People’s Audit is my contribution. A podcast that will follow the deluge weekly as it happens.
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The Republicans are 100% responsible for fascism in America. They've been ushering it in for 40 years and they finally got what they wanted. The Republicans are responsible for what is happening now along with their donors their voters and lame stream media
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Yes yes yes! Earlier today, I had a quick reply to another sad story that the affected people should write to their legislators and their local paper too.

While I still think that's important, in some cases preserving the story for yourself is enough.
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As someone who studies history, I can say that diaries are a hugely important primary source for historians. I’ve started to keep one about the whole Trumpian threat to our Canadian sovereignty.
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I agree, I started keeping one last fall before the US election. II also have a book of inspiring quotes. I do it partially for myself but I also because I know how important it is for the future - my great grandfather's diaries are in an archives because it shows life at that time he wrote.
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I’m thinking about it for the same reason. I live in Toronto and keep thinking it would be one of the first spots “taken” if he did try and invade Canada. I never thought I would have to think about these things.
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I've not journaled yet but I bought a new address book and have been collecting contact info from all of my people. Info like street address, PO box address, phone number (cell/landline/work), and email. When I was leaving meta socials, I quickly realized that was my only contact method with many.
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That’s a really smart idea too! So many people rely almost exclusively on Meta (WhatsApp included) to contact friends and loved ones. Have a back up!
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In WWII, they had diarists who wrote the history of what happened in Britain.

That's what I did during Covid. I created 2 years of spreadsheets and notes for 2 local counties specifically for the sake of history.
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That’s great. I’m glad you were able to do that and hopefully it was therapeutic to an extent for you as well.
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It wasn't therapeutic. It was to monitor disease spread in locations so I & my family would see spread & have reputable data to save our lives.

It was only after, I realized that the data could be removed by the CDC, NIH & my data may be the only information available for the area in the future.
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You did a huge service with this!

As 2020 unfolded, my mom fell apart mentally & I had members from 2 family units relying on me (the medicine history obsessive) to research everything and tell them what they needed to know to stay alive +
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Oh, Hon! You have warmed my tiny cold heart!

So many people thought that I was nuts to keep that spreadsheet going.

And your idea of a newsletter is genius. I gave everyone a 3 page list in Feb 2020, but that was too easy to ignore. Your every day letters were much more effective than my list. ❤️
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Thank you 💙

Let's co-publish when H5N1 arrives! Think of a funny name and create a Bluesky account for it 😀

(I also manage a TV consumption spreadsheet with 14 permanent streaming providers & 3 rotating ones for 2 different households, it's wild)
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So I published a daily newsletter. Handwritten, bc it was easier to transcribe that way. Sent everyone JPEGs of the newsletter daily at noon. I did it for over 200 days in a row.

I have the jpegs archived on a flash drive & the originals stored in a fire proof safe
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I'm going to put mine in our safe too. It never occurred to me. Sheer genius!
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💯 I bought myself a new journal for the new year - it helps!!!!
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Nothing disappears from the internet.
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I was just thinking same today
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I've been doing this in my daily planner.
It's interesting to go back and see just how much has happened in these past couple of months.
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i actually started one on the actual afternoon of J6. I was so shocked at what I was seeing I realized I had to write about it by hand to record it. I’m with you 💯 bc I think we are going to be disconnected at some point in the near future.
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excellent advice to those who don't already keep one! i'm a writer, not by trade but just because i'm old school like that, i write EVERYTHING DOWN!
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I think the rightwing bubble is going to pop soon. It’s gone too far. People are angry.
I still have hope that good will prevail over evil.
Nonetheless, I save all my emails with family and friends to a tiny hard drive, just in case things go bad. There will be a record of my experience.
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I grew up reading accounts from WW2 (mainly Jewish) as my home country had been deeply affected by it. From the west and from the east. One thing I noticed early - there is a lot of pain people will accept in the name of hate. And the rest watch in disbelief, waiting for someone else to save them.
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I am counting on an obstinance in our national character swelling up to meet this moment.

It’s not something I’m waiting for others to do, but the faith I count on while I’m throwing myself out there, that other people are going to be there to meet me.

I guess I’m also out there to meet them.
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✊🏻❤️🔥
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Exactly this. So many people are sitting idly by and assuming someone else is going to save them or change things. We have to be the someone, no one else is doing it. and we can all contribute in our own way!
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Like Anne Frank…?
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I have been taking screenshots and backing everything up.
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America has always been a fascist nation.
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💙✊💙 This is a huge amount of resources for numerous and varied ways to fight and defend against trump’s regime. 💙✊💙

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And how we climbed OUT of #fascism!
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I certainly hope so!
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Yes, good point! I’ve barely touched my journal, time to get back to it.
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Good advice! Writing is therapeutic. For anyone reading this thread and thinking to themselves, "I've never written in a journal before. I wouldn't even know where to start," here's some advice:

Write once sentence per day, even if it's something trivial: "Ugh, shouldn't have eaten that burrito."
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Haha I love that! Just grab a pen and start somewhere. Writing about your burrito is 100% ok and a fine place to start!
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I wrote in my diary in 2012 . Putin is allowed to get away with everything he will invade Ukraine. I was shocked when I found that diary! Trump is allowed to get away with everything he will invade———- guess? A weak one? That’s everyone since America is the strongest country.
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Soon you will be able to add America with Putin attack a NATO country. Greenland. Putin said he wants to test NATO now Trump has taken America out.
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I agree! I keep my comment about the same thing pinned to my account. We need to preserve our own history.

https://bsky.app/profile/astro-broccoli.bsky.social/post/3lfuox3ttrc2c
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I do this! I don't write everyday but I have a physical journal to write how I'm feeling every so often about what's going on.
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#Herstory #Theirstory #OralHistory #LocalHistory #Libraries #Journalling #InternationalNews #WeSeeYou #Keepers
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