I'm gonna be a broken record about it. Feeling down? Do something. Feeling helpless? Do something. Feeling scared? Do something. (Yes, yes, yes, do what you need to not burn out, and to make life worth living / keep culture alive and vibrant.) Action empowers. It refreshes. It builds community. - ThreadSky

alexsteed.bsky.social • 11 days ago

I'm gonna be a broken record about it. Feeling down? Do something. Feeling helpless? Do something. Feeling scared? Do something.

(Yes, yes, yes, do what you need to not burn out, and to make life worth living / keep culture alive and vibrant.)

Action empowers. It refreshes. It builds community.

Reposted from Alex Steed

All that matters anymore is action.

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margoose.bsky.social•11 days ago

Here's a list of things you can do!
https://bsky.app/profile/prisonculture.bsky.social/post/3lhjlymp6422d

elizabiff.bsky.social•11 days ago

100% yes. Email your senator. Give $10 to an org supporting democracy and rule of law. Sign a petition.

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

You are thirsty. Attempts to drink from the firehose of dread will do nothing for that. It'll bruise your face and hurt your neck. You know what WILL quench that thirst?

Doing something.

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yes! Yes! Yes! Preach! I think a lot of folks do nothing because they feel their one action will not be revolutionary. No one action will be revolutionary. We are weaving a tapestry with pieces of fabric small and large.

tato-potat.bsky.social•11 days ago

yes! showing up at a weekly distro and going to AA again to be in community with other sober folks struggling with the world has done more for my despair and doomerism than any amount of reading or theory or keeping up with the news ever could!

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yes! Even when folks are like, "TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF TOO!" Yes of course, but nearly every action can be re-imagined / planned through the lens of "Is this building toward a community-focused thing," which art, AA, events, etc. can be and also "Is this fighting against the bad thing?"

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

Worth a read! 💜

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

I love it.

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

I'm gonna run my mouth, do shit, encourage you to do shit, show up, fight back, organize, march with you, celebrate art, and love as hard as I can until these motherfuckers put me in jail and if I end up disappeared, know that I did not do it to myself and pretty please fuck shit up in return.

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

Amen. https://bsky.app/profile/sifill.bsky.social/post/3lhtey3polk2z

kimberconvery.bsky.social•2 days ago

how you gonna do that? I want pictures 😇👍🏼

shenanniegens.bsky.social•11 days ago

I'm not always able to physically go out and protest, and my neurodivergent kids might not be able to go with me if I was lol. But you know what I can show my kids on a daily basis? Me calling my reps, and explaining to them why I'm doing it.
Just over here, planting seeds, every night.

jw2801.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hate the response from people "but what will my one action do?". If everyone took small steps then it becomes a giant leap and things happen. As you say, a single action isn't revolutionary, but collectively single actions count!

spunkyblah.bsky.social•11 days ago

Need to rant but know it would be a burden to rant to a friend? Call a GOP representative or senator and rant to them. If they don’t listen, at least you wasted their time.

carynrose.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like shit so I went to work out at the gym owned by a single mom who is trying to rehome a dog she took in bc neighbors kept it outside 24/7 & I can help her with social media. Later I’m going to Costco to buy stuff for my neighbors who got flooded out by a water main break in SW Detroit .

alexsteed.bsky.social•2 days ago

Love.

sandyernestallen.bsky.social•11 days ago

Hope it's alright I share, I wrote this for (cis) folks who maybe don't know what to do https://whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/to-cis-people-who-feel-despair

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

Thank you for sharing, Sandy! I'll boost.

sandyernestallen.bsky.social•11 days ago

(Grateful!)

raygina.bsky.social•8 days ago

Somehow I don't think that will be a viable defense if I, say, throw a fist sized rock through a trump supporters window.

alexsteed.bsky.social•8 days ago

While I don't object with doing what you got to do, might I suggest showing up for folks who need it right now too? Just as satisfying, just in a different direction. Or perhaps both/and. There's room for all sorts of action, of course.

alexsteed.bsky.social•8 days ago

Not if you don't get caught.

l4ur3l.bsky.social•11 days ago

I'm trying to figure out what to do, other than calling my elected representatives every day and making donations, that won't make me more stressed out and miserable, as an introvert.

All of action seems dominated by extroverts, as most things are outside my house.

alexsteed.bsky.social•11 days ago

Start here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OSWxykA1WHOi0vTPLAJDaCeVhR3uSfh7PhlCj4t4yT0/edit

marthastewpot.bsky.social•11 days ago

The fastest thing you can do right now is PUT ON A RESPIRATOR when you are around other people.

marthastewpot.bsky.social•11 days ago

And yes, that includes people you are organizing with and for.

tinydancer84.bsky.social•11 days ago

I just read a novel about the White Rose Resistance and that was their refrain. Take action! No matter how small.

hotpants141.bsky.social•11 days ago

Truth!!

dinadeens1.bsky.social•5 days ago

Tbh even just continuing to be a person and doing social things in the community is huge. Going to volleyball or watching survivor with friends keeps me from completely losing it.

alexsteed.bsky.social•5 days ago

True! All I’m asking of anybody is do not regress indefinitely and whenever possible, do just a little more than you might have otherwise - even if it’s “just leave the house” versus “fuck it, why bother.”

crawdadinspace.bsky.social•10 days ago

I will say, having protested a week ago for the first time in my 50+ years, it did feel infinitely better than doomscrolling.

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