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I wrote this on a mailing list as support for friends but figured I'd share more broadly: Here are my 10 rules for these trying times

9/1/25, 3:29 pm3 reposts11 likes

@alfredpoor.bsky.social

Great thread. Thank you.

1. Realize that this is one part in history and that we've been here before: I know it sounds crazy, but this country has been in similar situations before.

There was the revolutionary war. There was the civil war. The world went through 2 (!!!) world wars. Nazis held rallies in New York and there was talk of attempting a coup in the US. At the height of the cold war, we came within days of potentially escalating into a nuclear conflict with the USSR.

2. Realize you're in a privileged class: Relative to people on temporary residency status (ie. legal immigrants), illegal immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, you're in a favored group. Appreciate that privilege for what it is.

3. Think of the things you have agency on and act on them: "All politics is local." Organize to help those in your community and find activists in your community to work with. Working together, at a local level, will make you realize there is tremendous good still happening in the world.

@momdotcom.bsky.social

Where have you been all my life? Ok, you probably weren’t born yet for much of it. I think I am going to write these out in longhand, in English and French.

@amberevening.bsky.social

This is so helpful.., thank you!