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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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9:34

1690 || how to ground yourself when the ground is on...

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/02/05

“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can, is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”―Haruki Murakami,Desire: Vintage Minisassess your capacity (energy, time, resources, boundaries, expectations)prepare for challenges (doomerism protection)set intentionsRead episode scripts on

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11:51

1689 || what's next? idk.

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/02/04

Know your rights:Defend yourself against ICE raidsICE in your area. How allies can help against ICE raidsRESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight.American Immigration Council on Student HarmThe Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma The UN "ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending"Cost to end vs not end homelessnessICE isn't arresting criminalsThe American Immigration Council on Mass Deportation Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the

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9:18

1688 || reclaim what you care about

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/02/03

Every step in the right direction is a step in the right direction.Energetic changes are the best form of resistance we have. When you reclaim your energy, it gets easier to see clearly where you’re giving it away for free.Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON

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9:53

1687 || they lack imagination

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2026/02/02

“The scariest place you can be is believing nothing can be done, because something can always be done.” Dutch on Tiktok"Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension." Rebecca Solnit on Substack Ben Sheehan's Substack PBS Civics Made EasyHuffington Post on what we can do now. Know your rights:Defend yourself against ICE raidsICE in your area. How

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11:10

1686 || it's not useless, but it's not everything

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2026/02/01

The future is unwritten, and most of us have access to our respective pens. Pick that shit up and make your mark. We have an affect regardless of what we do. Film ICE when you see them. Call your representatives. IT WORKS.When you get overwhelmed with information? Go do something with it. Anything. Action is the remedy. Ben Sheehan's Substack PBS Civics Made EasyHuffington Post on what we can do now. Know your rights:Defend yourself against ICE raidsICE in your area. How allies can help against ICE

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11:32

1686 || tip of the iceberg

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2026/01/31

We don’t hear about the wins, because that would motivate you to go out and make your own."Because here is nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth." Jon Stewart When you get overwhelmed with information? Go do something with it. Anything. Action is the remedy.My lighthouses: Dutch on TiktokDasia Does it on Youtube Struthless on YoutubeRebecca Solnit on Substack Know your rights:Defend yourself against ICE raidsICE in your area. How allies can help

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13:24

1684 || they're watching all of us

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/30

The churches aren't safe, the schools aren't safe, the streets aren't safe. The government is running a terrorist organization making our streets volatile and terrifying. The federal government is using their overreach to spy on you and me, so they can more easily kidnap innocent human beings. Though the full impact of the technology is still being assessed, its usage and reach are expanding rapidly. Without safeguards, these tools risk deepening mistrust in public institutions and further

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12:04

1683 || who polices the police?

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/29

Who the hell is ICE hiring? What if the enforcers of the law are the ones who break it? Who polices the police? ONLY 5% of those detained by ICE have a violent conviction, 73% never had a single conviction in their life. Yet, ICE is constantly hiring criminals who don't pass basic background checks.Read about Deportation Industrial Complex from Brennan Law Center.Read the Slate article about getting hired by ICE with ease. Know your rights:Defend yourself against ICE raidsICE in your area. How

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11:36

1682 || ICE + the depravity of undermining democracy

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2026/01/28

(content warning: sexual violence) ONLY 5% of those detained by ice have a violent conviction, 73% never had a damned Conviction in their life, and those that did have prior convictions, a majority of those were traffic + paperwork issues, because they WERE on the damned books, and trying to immigrate legally when the government went and changed the rules on them.In episode 1344, I debunked some immigration myths, in 1345 I shared some resources about the rights that immigrants have in this country,

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11:04

1681 || the cold hard truth about ice

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/27

In episode 1344, I debunked some immigration myths, in 1345 I shared some resources about the rights that immigrants have in this country, and as much as I would like to never talk about these assholes again, it feels like it’s past time to talk about the nightmare in the room. ICE itself.FACTS:Olivia Rodrigo is older than ICE.When ICE was founded they were given 3 billion of our tax dollars annually. This year they are promised 42 billion* of our tax dollars. *According to DHS they’ll be using $170

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9:42

1680 || morals over metrics

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/26

Access the original source.We often treat metrics like a mission, which leads us to focus on the wrong things. Leaving our values behind in exchange for numbers on a screen. This can lead us to abandon ourselves and our values more and more, until we've actually become our own worst enemy.We must be careful what we wish for and pay attention to how we are measuring success.How has our creativity and our communication been affected by our current tech? Auto-correct, autofill, and autosort takes

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10:03

1679 || the rat problem

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/25

Access the original source. We often treat metrics like a mission, which leads us to focus on the wrong things. Leaving our values behind in exchange for numbers on a screen. This can lead us to abandon ourselves and our values more and more, until we've actually become our own worst enemy.Take the Hanoi Rat Massacre, for example.We must be careful what we wish for and pay attention to how we are measuring success.Go through all of the amazing, free, easy to access courses from Humane Technology

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9:26

1678 || humane tech is out there

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/24

The six tenets of humane technology are: Sensitive to Human Nature:Technology should work in harmony with human vulnerabilities and biases, rather than exploiting them to grab attention.Minimize Harmful Consequences:Product teams must account for and minimize the negative, unintended, or downstream consequences of their technology.Center on Values:Technology should be designed to support human values (such as truth, connection, and well-being) rather than simply maximizing for engagement

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11:25

1677 || when the system is the problem

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/23

How do we fight the very system we’re stuck in? If every road we end up on bottlenecks to the same hole they want us stuck in, should we even bother?There’s a place for all of us in the systemic fight, and it’s a matter of filling needs that you can fill, as they arise.Some of us will need to stay in the bottle, but we can keep flooding the neck of the bottle from the inside, and because it’s already showing signs of cracking - we should never let up until it does. But some people hate the damned

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11:17

1676 || the other half of the battle

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/22

Knowing is half the battle, but what about the other half?We'll never be free of all bias, perception, and susceptibility to manipulation. It feels like we should be able to control what we understand, but unfortunately that's not the case. As we learn consequences in real time, we have to be willing to recognize our personal vulnerabilities so we can avoid being exploited by persuasive technologies who don't have our best interest in mind. The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped

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11:37

1675 || how social media manipulates

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/21

Social media + persuasive technologies exploit our brain's vulnerabilities to ensure we stay engaged with their apps.Creating a sense of urgency,Encouraging constant seeking, Comparing ourselves to others,Engaging with negative content,Isolating us in bubbles.To combat this, slow the fuck down. The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped through their lesson on "persuasive technology" and how we can push back against it, to reclaim what is ours.Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium

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11:28

1674 || the guilt gap: watching tv vs. scrolling...

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/20

Weird how I can spend two hours on Instagram reels or tiktok and not feel bad about not cleaning my house, but when I sit to watch a movie? I am riddled with guilt and shame. Slow content leaves room for thinking and autonomy. Fast-pased content led by algorithms, leave no room for independent thought or action. The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped through their lesson on "persuasive technology" and how we can push back against it, to reclaim what is ours.Read episode scripts on

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11:04

1673 || the internet is a funhouse mirror

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/19

The data brokers found out we can't look away from a car crash, so they made all of our available content a series of car crashes. This has convinced a lot of us that the world is simply, ALL car crashes. It's not. They're prioritizing profits + growth at the expense of the whole. "We are on a path to a technology environment where we are surrounded by powerful technology that’s competing to track, influence, and monetize us."The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped through their lesson

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12:30

1672 || persuasive technology

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/18

The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped through their lesson on "persuasive technology" and how we can push back against it, to reclaim what is ours.Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make

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11:35

1671 || attention economy

Make Your Damn Bed ·

2026/01/17

The Khan Academy offers free courses, today I speed through their lesson on "the attention economy" and how we can push back against it, to reclaim what is ours. Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog.SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!)DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief FundGET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM AND YOUTUBESUBSCRIBE FOR BONUS CONTENT ON PATREON.The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your

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