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The Skills We Built While Trump Tried to Break Us
We didn't just endure this year. We learned skills, clarity and resolve they didn't mean to teach us – and these are things they can’t take from us.
Dec 28, 2025
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Stay Human: 80 Tiny Moves for Everyday Resistance in the Authoritarian Harm Complex
Apr 12, 2025
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Resisting Authoritarianism for Introverts: An FAQ for Staying Human in Loud Times
May 26, 2025
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Stay Sane: 80 Tiny Moves to Resist Digital Despair and News Overwhelm in the Trump Era
May 14, 2025
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Trump Wants us Afraid and Disoriented. 3 Interrupts to Stop the Freefall and Regain Steadiness
When everything hits at once, you tip into reactivity and become less effective. This mini strategy post has emergency interrupts to help you stop the…
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After Minneapolis: 7 Tools for Staying Human Under Cascading Assault
Are you shaking with rage, going numb, or oscillating too fast to tell which feeling is which? Here are practices that help—and an invitation to not…
Jan 8
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Trump's Venezuela Bullshit Tsunami Is Here. Use This One Move to Stay Above Water.
Attack Venezuela Saturday. Threaten Greenland Monday. Here's how to prevent drowning in the tsunami of lies and strengthen your resistance.
Jan 6
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Trump Invaded Venezuela. Your Overwhelm Is One of His Objectives.
Chaos → Exhaustion → Control. That's his strategy. Here's how to interrupt it.
Jan 3
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Disorientation and Navigation: Words of the Year for 2025
Trump's strategy is daily disorientation—change reality overnight, repeat. Here's what navigating daily disorientation taught us about resistance and…
Dec 20, 2025
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Two Practices for Surviving MAGA Dinners and Lonely Nights During Holidays
Whether you're facing a table full of MAGA relatives or an empty apartment, overwhelm wants the same thing: for you to disappear. Don't let it win.
Dec 19, 2025
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You're Not Failing. You're Being Targeted. Behind the Scenes on the Making of the "Staying Steady" toolkit
Of course you're struggling. That's by design. Here's a toolkit for interrupting overwhelm and building capacity.
Dec 12, 2025
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