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Make Your Damn Bed

@MYDBpodcast is a bite sized, real talk, daily motivation podcast to play while you make your bed every morning. Build momentum - better your life.Each episode is around 10 minutes and intended to encourage, motivate, and inspire you to get out of bed - so you can start making it! Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.All content, including text, graphics, images and information, is for

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9:24

1415 || troll tactics

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/11

Internet trolls have gotten out of hand, so today we're talking about the common trolling tactics and how to deal with them. Samantha North on Internet Trolling Tactics https://samanthanorth.com/internet-trolling-tacticsSamantha North on Astroturfing: https://samanthanorth.com/astroturfing-on-social-mediaDonate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.netGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT:

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1414 || learning when to disengage

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/10

As someone who gets flustered and frustrated during confrontations, I tend to use humor as my first line of defense, which can be a powerful tool to disarm without escalating. But when people double down, I get flustered, especially when dealing with bad-faith arguments or deeply entrenched beliefs. I am focused on learning when to escalate, confront, engage, or disengage, and it has completely changed my perspective on what makes a "successful conflict". Not every battle needs fighting. Ask: Is

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9:50

1413 || collaborating with the enemy

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/09

"There is much unneeded suffering in the world and in our institutional life, much of it caused by our desire to have our own way or to adapt to what we don’t believe in. Collaboration with the enemy is one form of the politics we have been waiting for: a reachable way for power, love, and neighborliness to reshape our collective lives." - Peter BlockAdam Kahane's book: https://reospartners.com/resource-library/collaborating-with-the-enemyDonate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund:

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1412 || a well designed life is based on the context

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/08

Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing. - John Stuart MillThe resource from Henrik Karlsson: https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/unfoldingPart 2:“Becoming perceptive”Part 3:“Rationality is an underrated way to be authentic”Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.netGET AN

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1411 || laziness does not exist

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/07

"If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult.Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, there’s a reason for it — some fear they’re working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed.People do not choose to fail or

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1410 || radical hope letters of love + dissent in...

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/05

“It is love that pushes us to face the journey toward justice without flinching, love that impels us to keep going on the long, hard road, love that provides the moral compass and the map.” - Carolina De Robertis,Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous TimesThe Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557986/radical-hope-by-carolina-de-robertis/Donate to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund: www.pcrf.netGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME:

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9:09

1409 || protest alternatives

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/04

There are thousands of alternatives and accommodations for those of us who can't physically attend a protest or rally. Some are less glamorous than others, but some will feel like the right fit. It's a long haul. Don't give up on the fight, just keep moving forward. Add a little good where you can and reduce a little bad where you can, but don't be too critical on yourself (or your community) if you're unable to do it all at once, or you need to take breaks. We will need breaks. We will need

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1408 || tear gas protocol

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/03

Remember, if you stay prepared, you don't have to get prepared. If you're tear gassed: Get out of the cloud of tear gas and away from the general area as soon as you can. Seek high ground. Walk, don’t run. Running may cause you to breath more heavily, filling your lungs with more tear gas. Try to keep breathing even.If your eyes have been exposed and are burning or blurry, flush them with water immediately. Try not to touch your eyes, nose, or mouth. Use water from your water bottle to flush. If you

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1407 || protest preparedness

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/02

Before the Protest:Burner Phone: Ditch smartphones (or remove batteries, use Faraday bags). Use encrypted apps (Signal, but assume it’s compromised).Buddy System: Assign check-in times with someonenotat the protest. Share arrest plans (e.g., lawyer’s contact).Write Emergency Contacts on Skin: In Sharpie, under clothing. Cops tend to confiscate bags/phones.During the Protest:Masks & No Distinctive Clothing: Cover tattoos, wear generic attire. Hands Visible, No Sudden Moves: Assume any interaction

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9:40

1406 || whimsy and humor as resistance

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/04/01

"There are no exact guidelines. There are probably no guidelines at all. The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world.In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance. Awareness of all the most dangerous kinds of vanity, both in others and in ourselves. A good mind. A modest certainty

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1405 || manufacturing consent

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/31

This month's patreon episode is about: Raw milk, Instagram Face, and Manufactured Consent:The relationship between the rise in homogeny, purity culture, and conservatism; and how we can reclaim our agency.The culture of “anti-cringe”, leads to a fear of standing out, which pushes us towards not just one type of look, but one type of ideology as well.This pipeline, which mass-produces conformity, is exactly what authoritarian systems crave. Purity politics and rising conservatism aren’t just eroding

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1404 || sour grapes

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/30

There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach. - aesop's fables The Fable: https://read.gov/aesop/005.htmlThe Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_GrapesA post about it: https://medium.com/@alankay/sour-grapes-cognitive-dissonance-e21245597cb6The Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103119305967DONATE:www.pcrf.netGet Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets + LinksGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME:

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1403 || the asch conformity experiments

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2025/03/29

Would you go along with the group consensus, even if you knew they were wrong? Psychologist Solomon Asch wanted to find this out (in an experiment on college boys) and the findings were enlightening, to say the least. The source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experimentsThe other source: https://www.simplypsychology.org/asch-conformity.html#Factors-Affecting-ConformityDONATE:www.pcrf.netGet Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets + LinksGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME:

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9:25

1402 || library boards

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2025/03/27

We all love the public library, so today we dig into how we can protect them given the current attacks.The Source:For the People: Libraries 101: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/64063be39637e16c30d774ef/t/67303df9932af1200bf3aeef/1731214855888/Public+Libraries+101+v2+%28digital%29.pdfAddiitional FTP Resources: https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/resourcesGet involved in libraries: https://substack.com/home/post/p-153870103DONATE:www.pcrf.netGet Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets +

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1401 || history of the US public library

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/26

We all love the public library, so let's dig into the history of it here in America so we can continue to preserve this valuable institution. The Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-19/how-american-cities-got-their-librariesDONATE:www.pcrf.netGet Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets + LinksGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON:

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10:52

1400 || on tyranny (do not obey in advance)

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/25

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” - Timothy SnyderTimothy Snyder's website: https://timothysnyder.org/By the book: On Tyranny: https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny/DONATE:www.pcrf.netGet Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets + LinksGET AN

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1399 || purity culture

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/24

Today we’re talking about purity culture, homogeneity, and surveillance capitalism, which pushes us towards authoritarian control, which works to erode our individuality and agency.Purity Culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purity_cultureDONATE:www.pcrf.netGet Involved:Operation Olive Branch: Spreadsheets + LinksGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON:

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9:36

1398 || The Empathy Exams

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/23

Empathy involves listening to and validating other people's experiences, even when they challenge our own beliefs. Can empathy be learned, or is it an innate quality? Empathy is not perfect but its limitations don't diminish its importance.Just because you have to try, it doesn't mean your empathy isn't genuine. Empathy is an active practice that requires us to step out of ourselves and allow space for that imperfection. Leslie Jamison's book: http://www.lesliejamison.com/the-bookBorrow it from the

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1397 || Dana Fisher's Apocalyptic Optimism

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/22

"It’s time for us to all be apocalyptic optimists:prepared for the shocks that are comingand ready to rally as activists, disruptors and bridge builders.Together, we can pressure the state and the marketto adopt the changes that our communities require to survive.Here's my advice about how to be the change makers we need." - Dana FisherClimate shocks are a stark reminder of what’s at stake, but they don’t have to be the only catalyst for change. By acting now: through policy reform, grassroots

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8:56

1396 || backlash is a good thing, actually || patreon

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2025/03/21

People in positions of power resist reform because it threatens their position. That means backlash isn't a sign we failed, in fact it's a sign of the opposite. Persistence is the beating heart of change. =TODAY'S SOURCES:Remake Our World's Post: https://www.instagram.com/remakeourworld/p/DCm2oZ-zDzE/?img_index=9Suz Howard's blog: https://medium.com/@suz.howard/why-social-progress-often-swings-back-lessons-on-change-backlash-and-moving-forward-fbda6f7a1cc1The Gary Chambers Jr. Post:

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