Gas tank full, all the cat food they can possibly eat, enough coffee beans to get me by, and soup to go with fresh bread I’m making daily. I am preparing and practicing to do this for a full 30 days next month, right? Let’s drive the bastards under.
Just drove past Dunkin this morning. Huge line of cars at the drive-through window. In a deep blue area too. Not sure that people really know outside of Bluesky?
One hand raised for every 5 days that I will be doing this—✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽✋🏽—and beyond. #nobuy25
I will participate but I did see a number of MAGATs on Next Door saying they are going shopping tomorrow. Hoping enough people participate in the boycott to outweigh any MAGATs who shop tomorrow.
24 hours is there isn’t gonna do anything. I stopped spending money unless it’s absolutely necessary two months ago. People need to sacrifice more. This is about saving other people’s lives. Why is it that white people refuse to ever feel any pain to help anyone else?
I'm going to lunch at the Kinship Cafe in Milwaukee. It is part of a workforce development initiative and supports a great mission. (But that's the only $'s I will spend). The lunch was scheduled before I was aware of the blackout. #Feb28
I hope everyone does more than 24 hours. go as long as you possibly can. Really take a look at spending and where and do what you can to shop small business.
Agreed. I've been rethinking my shopping habits a lot lately, and I am definitely making changes that do NOT benefit monopolistic, greedy, oligarchs. A simpler life is good for us and good for the planet.
The only thing I've ordered is paper towels and toilet paper from Costco. I'll be making homemade chicken, mushroom and garlic raviolis. I'll be too busy to shop.
SE Grocers, (formerly Winn-Dixie) was bought by Aldi's. WD closed on Jan 20 (right across the street from Publix) will be cut in half for an Aldi's. WD was a HUGE store. I look forward to Aldi's produce. We only have Publix out here. They're expensive & their produce sucks.
On this Economic Blackout Day I hope people consider divesting of all Amazon, Meta, Tesla and google stocks & mutual funds. I’m Just an average person with a retirement fund and I did.
👋 brogilarchs 🖕
Not just one day for me! I cancelled Amazon on inauguration day and will boycott any and all companies or products supporting this coup. Democracy deserves more than one day. This includes all stocks in any companies either. I have liquidated my stock portfolio of traitors to democracy!!
This is our problem. We finance them with our endless spending. Trade, barter, share, shop second hand stores and stop endless spending starve these shitbag oligarchs to oblivion. They only understand money so give them as little of your hard earned money as possible!!!
I’m hoping to detox from all of them forever. I’ll shop Costco online and everything else small and local. I was a target junkie and really don’t even miss it. I’ve always hated Walmart. Audible and kindle are harder, but I’m working on it.
I am not buying anything today, but I think this needs to be a sustained effort!! We should have an economic blackout every Wednesday!! We need to create momentum so many others can join in. They can show up by not showing up! It can be a quiet act, but have a huge impact
let's go beyond a 24hr boycott. start finding ways to live your life without relying on amazon/walmart/etc. get creative and learn how to live without all the bullshit they have convinced us we "need"
In the red state I live in, the small businesses are primarily maga/ maga supporters. Don’t know how to avoid giving them my money. I try! I will continue to try.
totally understandable. i want people fed, with access to essentials. the effort to reduce our dependence on these evil corporations is secondary to keeping people alive and well
I was thinking of going to a bunch of stores, walking around, and then just walking out! Seems like that might get some attention that would be documented on the video cameras.
I was going to get a big grocery order delivered from Walmart. Instead, I'm canceling it, and getting an order from a local grocery store on Monday. The prices are a bit higher, but that's ok.
It's absolutely nauseating that we live in a system that allows and encourages this type of monopolization of everything! Just a small cadre of greedy, self-serving, power-hungry, thugs will have us all trapped! I'm hating this country more by the minute.
#BLACKOUTFRIDAY
Please Please Please Share. Share. Share.
Enter February 28 into your Smart Phone Calendar.
Say you're IN!
WE REALLY CAN DO THIS
TOGETHER!!!!
Please Do This With ME
#Resist #FuckTrump #TheResistance
Spitballing here, I would think we'd need 25% of US consumers to participate and 24 hours may not be enough to do more than raise eyebrows, which I guess is something. I'd guess 50% for 24 hours might be akin to a small financial disaster?
What if participants took the what, $250-$300? average daily spend (that's prob not very precise), and put it towards something that might be more effective. Not sure what that would be, this is where my grand plan ends.
It’s a plan-
💙Take your lunch
💙If your car needs gas
—-Get it now!
💙Can’t help it*-need something? *Purchase from a local small business if at all possible!
💙Mark these dates!
I was low on a couple of things I need over the next couple of days and usually plan my trips after my PT on Fridays. I hurried to the store this pm so not one penny will be spent tomorrow.
It makes an immediate statement, but the long term strategy should be to engage in a daily boycott of corporations that have caved to MAGA while directing your money towards locally and minority owned businesses that haven't taken that route. Don't feed Amazon. Feed your neighbors instead.
Holy shit. So the plan is, in a capitalist dystopia run by an oligarchy, to cause a BLIP in sales. You are the people with the least power and money. Your one day blip affects NOTHING. Pick something that affects them, like murdering them.
I shopped at my local thrift store, got gas for my commute, and will read books and swim at the pool tomorrow…not spending a dime!
Did I mention I revolted when my fam wanted to buy a Starlink…hell no! I won’t! I cant! Fk these Broliarghs!
7:15 pm here on the west coast and I didn’t spend a dime. Looking forward to the Amazon boycott next though I think I’ve ordered everything I need for months from Amazon.
My household is participating! We won’t spend any money on the 28th but we also plan to extend beyond the 24 hours for as long as we can. We decided to make it a family challenge. We won’t spend any money until we have to fill up our gas tank again. 🤞
I think ALL #Federal #Workers should go on #Strike in #Solidarity with their #Colleagues If they stuck together they could force #Congress to #Impeach and #Convict these #ForeignAssets and bypass #SCOTUS People are already dying because of the shuttering of #USAID We, as a Nation have lost
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I think this should be, at least, a monthly occurrence.
Or, we could designate one day a week in protest.
Last time at:
amazon 1/1
audiobooks 1/1 closed
paypal 11/24 closed
target=71 days
home depot= 60 days
I am but 1, but together we are many!
Although people should be held accountable for their actions, which includes Trump & many of his friends, this is another distraction of MAGA and Trump Admin.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-pamela-bondi-releases-first-phase-declassified-epstein-files
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👋 brogilarchs 🖕
I'm tired of losing.
Please Please Please Share. Share. Share.
Enter February 28 into your Smart Phone Calendar.
Say you're IN!
WE REALLY CAN DO THIS
TOGETHER!!!!
Please Do This With ME
#Resist #FuckTrump #TheResistance
Let’s Go!!
https://bsky.app/profile/piotrink.bsky.social/post/3lj7hn5j5ms2n
💙Take your lunch
💙If your car needs gas
—-Get it now!
💙Can’t help it*-need something? *Purchase from a local small business if at all possible!
💙Mark these dates!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGPT1kfaSEs
One by one,we become millions! 👍🙂✊
Feb 28
et’s do it EVERY Friday. Black(out) Fridays.
Let’s remind the rich just who is giving the rich their money and power.
Did I mention I revolted when my fam wanted to buy a Starlink…hell no! I won’t! I cant! Fk these Broliarghs!