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Literally everything you do these days is an opportunity for TPTB to spy on you…

• Tesla spies on you.
• As does your insurance company.
• And your utility “smart meters”.
• ALL apps spy on your activities.
• And law enforcement can track your movements via license plate readers.
• As can anyone else who buys such a device from Amazon.
• There are a myriad of ways that tech tracks you.
• And if you’ve ever received a read.ai summery after a meeting, you will think that Big Brother was hovering right over your shoulder during the entire meeting.
• The massive amount of AI-generated content on social media platforms is highly annoying and, of course, manipulated by the platform algorithm which should have everyone terrified.
• So consider how AI plus technology’s invasive knowledge of you gleaned through digital tracking can lead to devastating consequences.

For most disaster situations, bugging in will be your best option. However, in situations like flooding, hurricanes to some extent, and as we are seeing in California this week, wildfires, bugging out may be your only option. Here are some evacuation tips to consider…

1. Pay attention to the news; many disasters like hurricanes and in many cases, wildfires, will provide enough advanced notice that you will know that evacuating is going to be necessary.
2. Don’t wait until evacuation orders for your area are mandatory; leave way before you are forced to (leaving very early will help you avoid gridlocked traffic as well).
3. Have pre-determined bug out locations (across the city, across the state, across the country, and international options as well).
4. Alert everyone in the home that they will be evacuating and assign jobs if necessary (gather pets, gather everything from the safe, etc).
5. If family members are not home, contact them and set a meet-up location if necessary (the family may all meet at a location on the way out of town or family members may be told to evacuate directly to the bug out location).
6. Unless you are bugging out to your vacation home, alert your pre-planned bug out location host that you are on your way as soon as possible.
7. Consider other bug out location options (your boat, for example).
8. If you have multiple vehicles, consider which will be the best to take (a sedan, an SUV, a mini van, an RV, a motorcycle, etc). All of these options have positives and negatives, depending on your situation.
9. Consider how you will leave your area. Check traffic cams, see if your airport is still open/has flights available, are backroads accessible or will these roads lead you into the wildfire area, etc.
10. Always carry a paper map/atlas in your vehicle which shows all roads in your area.
11. As you are leaving, gather information from multiple sources about current road conditions/disaster conditions (use local radio stations, various social media platforms, HAM radio, etc.).
12. Pre-disaster, always have a bug out bag packed and ready to go for each family member and pet.
13. Pre-disaster, always have all of your important documents scanned into your computer.
14. Pre-disaster, always have all of your important documents stored in one envelope in your safe.
15. Pre-disaster, have a checklist of things to do when leaving the house.
16. Pre-disaster, always keep the fuel level in your vehicle at no less than three-quarter tank.
17. Pre-disaster, have an evacuation plan for livestock, the elderly, the ill/infirm, babies/infants or anyone else who need special planning ahead of time.
18. Pre-disaster, review your home/auto insurance and make sure it covers the disasters you are likely to experience (does it cover hotel stays? all rebuilding costs? living expenses?).
19. Pre-disaster, have pre-packed plastic tubs of camping gear/water/food/emergency supplies, etc. that you can put into your vehicle just before evacuating.
20. Pre-disaster, always have an emergency radio set to alert you if a disaster is heading your way.
21. Pre-disaster, create pre-evacuation checklists for a variety of bug out situations (ie: board up windows for a hurricane, turn off gas at the meter, turn off water to your home–during an earthquake, keep it on during a wildfire–shut off electricity at the box, etc).
22. Pre-disaster, make sure your emergency tools are in good working order (fire extinguishers are charged, smoke detectors are working, sandbags and sand are easily accessible, all first aid kits are restocked/items replaced on a regular basis, battery banks are charged up weekly, etc).
23. Pre-disaster, print out an evacuation sign that you can quickly fill-in-the-blanks with a marker and duct tape to your door before you leave (ie: Our family (names) evacuated on (date, time) to (location) via (route). Contact (number, email). Special instructions (water left on, hidden key location, etc).
24. Pre-disaster, regularly use the video/photo app on your cell phone to document every room of your home, safe contents, etc. to use for future insurance claims.
25. Pre-disaster, make a checklist of grab and go items by room (safe contents, a couple of firearms and ammo, medications, pets, children, purse/wallet, INCH bag, bug out bags, laptop/charger, small heirlooms/photos, glasses, dentures, hearing aids, hidden cash, etc). Go room by room with a bag or pillowcase and quickly gather all of these items before evacuating.
26. Pre-disaster, take a photo of each prescription and store these in your digital files, along with medical histories for each family member, in case you need medical services after evacuation.
27. Pre-disaster, make sure your vehicle emergency kit has been updated on a regular basis.
28. Pre-disaster, make a digital file of all personal info, list of creditors/bill, list of all assets (vehicles, property, etc), list of all investments and banks, etc. Update your bug out bag USB drive with all of your files regularly.
29. Pre-disaster, scan all photos and store them in your backup drive.
30. Pre-disaster, make a grab and go comfort kit for all family members (small stuffed animals for kids, toys, games, chocolate, mini bottles of whiskey, Kindle loaded with books, etc).
31. When in doubt, get out. In a last-minute leave-or-die evacuation situation, get everyone in your vehicle as get out ASAP and sort everything else out when you are in a safe location.
32. If you do not have a vehicle, determine multiple ways you would be able to evacuate (way ahead of time, not at the last minute) using public transportation, Uber/Lyft, a bicycle, leaving with a neighbor, etc. Having someone come from outside of a disaster area to get you may not be possible.
33. Pay attention to your health and fitness now; this will be very important in an evacuation situation.
34. Be sure each family member/emergency contact has important contact info for all other family members/emergency contacts such as full name, cell number, email address, social media handles, HAM call sign, etc). This should be kept on everyone’s cell phone as well as printed out and kept in each person’s wallet.
35. Consider checking in on neighbors who may have difficulty planning for/evacuating and help them plan for this situation. During a disaster, make sure to check on them before evacuating.
36. Determine if there is time to do any proactive protection activities around your home (bring outdoor furniture in, hose down your roof/house/yard, board up windows, etc). Don’t take time to do these things if you are in an urgent evacuation situation.
37. Take a moment right now to determine your home’s GPS location and store this in your back up files (after a large-scale disaster, your entire neighborhood may be wiped off the map).
38. Make a long-term plan for the possibility that your home burns down/is washed away in a flood/is blown away in a tornado. Where would you live, how would you earn an income, etc.
39. Would you be able to evacuate from work? From school? From home? In the middle of the night? Sit down and write a plan for each of these situations.
40. Do all family members know basic first aid/AED use/CPR? If not, get everyone trained up to this level.
41. Do all family members know how to set up camp and survive outside/in the mountains/in an emergency shelter for a week or more? If not, practice these skills now.
42. Do all family members know self defense/personal security/situational awareness/etc. If not, practice these skills regularly.
43. Does each family member have a “middle of the night” emergency kit? This includes shoes, a flashlight, a cell phone, etc right next to the bed as well as an easily accessible bug out bag nearby.
44. Does the family regularly practice fire drills at home? Lockdown drills? Escape and evasion drills? If not, consider practicing these things.
45. Does the family continue to practice and improve disaster response skills? Improving firearms skills practice, taking community disaster prep classes, becoming CPR certified, etc. should be a regular family activity.
46. Do family members volunteer in the community (CERT, EMS, SAR, etc)? If not, considering doing this.
47. Develop a wide-range of contacts for people who could help you in an emergency (law enforcement, fire service, lawyer, veterinarian, doctor, etc).
48. Have you practiced driving a variety of evacuation routes? If not, do this as a family activity on the weekends.
49. Stack cash to use for an emergency. You want cash in hand, a robust emergency fund in the bank, credit cards with a significant amount of available credit on them, and an excellent credit score in case you need to get a loan to rebuild/etc.
50. Practice evacuating your livestock and pets. If your cat has never been in a carrier, you don’t want to have them flipping out as you try to stuff them into a carrier during an emergency evacuation situation.
51. Prepare to deal with multiple disasters at once (ie: evacuating to a far off location when one family member has the flu…how would you deal with this situation?). What would you do if you are evacuating during 110 degree weather or during a major snow storm? How would this impact your evacuation plans?
52. Never underestimate the need for wag bags during an evacuation.
53. How would you keep the family occupied/distracted during a long evacuation drive? Maybe put books, games, and movies on tablets for each family member to keep them occupied during the drive.
54. Be sure to completely unpack everyone’s BOB in the spring and fall. Make sure the clothing is optimal for the season (and still fits), food is still edible, batteries have been replaced, etc.
55. Depending on where you are bugging out to, consider having a power station (like an Anker or Bluetti 1000 watt battery bank) and portable solar panels to charge the device as well as a connection to charge the battery bank via your vehicle when driving.
56. Consider putting together a bug out bag tablet which includes survival books, first aid books, etc.
57. Check and see if there are local, disaster-specific resources (ie: county DEM website, National Hurricane Center website, CAL FIRE for local wildfire info, etc) for your location/disaster situation.
58. On YouTube, subscribe to useful, disaster-specific channels such as Ryan Hall Y’All (weather), Reed Timmer (storm chaser), Cal Fire TV (California wildfires), etc.
59. Google the specific type of disaster you are planning for and find additional resources to help you prepare (wildfire example here). You will usually find thousands of websites for every kind of disaster doing this.
60. Sign up for text alerts from disaster agencies (local DEM, fire alerts, hurricane alerts, etc) and be sure your cell phone allows you to receive local emergency alerts/reverse 911 calls.
61. Pack appropriate PPEs for each family member based on the type of disaster. In the case of wildfires this would include goggles, a cotton hat, cotton pants and long-sleeve top, an N95 mask or bandanna, etc.
62. When driving out of a wildfire zone, remember to set your vehicle’s heat/AC to use recirculated air on order to keep the smoke out of your vehicle.
63. For family members who have allergies/breathing difficulties that would be exacerbated by wildfire smoke, consider bringing extra inhalers, have them wear an N95 mask or even a PAPR for extreme situations.
64. Make sure you always keep a 50-foot barrier between your home/outbuildings where all combustibles (dried grass, dried out shrubs) have been cleared.
65. If you build in an area where disasters are common, research ways to build that are resistant to such disasters (ie: building with fire-resistant materials, building on stilts in flood-prone areas, etc).
66. If you must evacuate and have limited options to do so, look into the resources offered in your community (ie: evacuation shelters, community transport out of the disaster area, areas set up for food and hygiene item giveaways, etc).
67. During the disaster, keep abreast of updates on the situation via the media so you will know when it is safe to return.
68. Don’t try to return home before given the all-clear by emergency personnel (there may be hazards present that they want to keep residents away from so don’t try to sneak back to your property before being allowed to do so).
69. Consider how your actions can impact others (social media posts criticizing the response, misleading or factually incorrect social media posts, using your drone in an active response area, etc).
70. Be prepared to return to your property (do you have the materials needed for basic clean-up; do you have a plan if rebuilding is necessary, how will you deal with looters, etc).
71. Take advantage of all post-disaster services (generally FEMA and your local disaster management agencies will have information on this).
72. When the disaster is completed and all of the dust has settled, so to speak, make a written “after action report” where you write down what worked well with your evacuation and what improvements you would make next time.
73. Consider if you even want to return to/rebuild in the same area. People who repeatedly rebuild in hurricane-prone areas seem like an effort in futility.
74. Ask for the assistance you need. People often are willing to help but have no idea how to do so. Tell your family/friends specifically what would be most helpful like gift cards, meals dropped off, childcare while you clean up, etc.
75. Use social media to mark yourself safe/contact neighbors to check up on them/request help/post your Amazon wish list, etc.

Judging by the comments on mainstream media and social media platforms, the “official narrative” that is being presented to the public by local law enforcement and various three-letter agencies about the recent cybertruck bombing at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, is, well, quite unbelievable. There are many questions that either aren’t being answered or, worse, being answered in ways that make no sense at all.

1. Why would Shawn Ryan, who basically had this story dumped on him, need to disappear with his family right after the story dropped?
2. Why would a whistleblower who went to the trouble to send his email to people who would make sure it reached the public say the government was after him yet make no mention of being suicidal (he sent this letter via Proton mail, a service usually used by people who are very concerned about their safety and security)?
3. And why did the aforementioned email which sounded quite rational, vary so greatly from the two letters found on the guy’s cell phone after the blast?
4. Speaking of the letters, how did law enforcement open the guy’s cell phone? If he was very careful with his email, wouldn’t he be equally careful about securing his cell phone?
5. Also, why did the two letters found on his phone sound like they were composed by ChatGPT (in the present tense) followed at the bottom by the line “this was not a terrorist attack…” (past tense) even though he supposedly wrote this ten days before the event? Wouldn’t he have said “this is not a terrorist attack or this is not going to be” instead of speaking like it was an event that had already happened?
6. And speaking of his cell phone, how did the guy’s phone, military ID, passport, driver’s license, and arm with identifiable tattoos survive a fully engulfed fire that burned his body beyond recognition?
7. Which also begs the question, did he shoot himself in the head (with a .50 cal Desert Eagle no less) then detonate the bomb or did he detonate the bomb which immediately caused a massive explosion then shoot himself in the head? From the article, “authorities have learned that the subject suffered a gunshot wound to the head prior to the detonation, which they believe to have been self-inflicted.” How would that be possible?
8. Then, considering his special forces training and experience, the best “bomb” he could put together was gasoline and consumer-grade fireworks?
9. Why would a guy sending happy texts and a supporter of Trump make a statement by blowing up his vehicle in front of the Trump Hotel when there are dozens of casino hotels on The Strip backed by the likes of Blackrock and other hedge funds?
10. Or is this one big psy op to draw attention away from current government happenings like this, this, this, this, and this?

Per usual these days…

• Military whistleblower says the government is after him (short version…long version)
• Military whistleblower conveniently ends up burnt to a crisp (and shot in the head).
• Military whistleblower’s death ruled a “tragic case of suicide”.
• All US military bases appear to be on high alert today.
• Us usual, S2 Underground’s evaluation of the situation makes more sense than other sources.
• As does JP.

There will be more to come folks…

I was hoping to welcome in the new year with a happy post about basic prepping but so far, within the first several hours of the new year, there was a probable terrorist attack in New Orleans and another possible terrorism event in Las Vegas (S2 Underground sums up these events here). So much for a calm segue into 2025.

I hope 2025 will be a happy and prosperous year for you and yours, yet at the same time, now is not the time to let down your guard or slack off on your prepping. Our goals for this year will be high-skill, low-cost efforts that anyone can do to improve their preparedness for just about anything that may happen. Onward!

Getting back to basics, here are 100 suggested resolutions for 2025 (and yes, all of these can theoretically be achieved in one year).

1. Get your HAM radio license.
2. Buy a basic HAM radio.
3. Learn the basics of using a HAM radio via YouTube videos.
4. Join a local HAM radio club for even more learning opportunities.
5. Join local HAM-nets (Google for a list for your local area) regularly for practice using your radio.
6. Exercise daily (a walk and basic calisthenics each day will suffice).
7. Cook healthy food at home as the rule and not the exception.
8. Get your teeth cleaned and, if needed, fixed.
9. Make sure your physical health markers (weight, blood pressure, A1C, etc) are all at normal levels.
10. Fix any other health issues (new glasses, hearing aids, mental health issues, reverse diabetes, etc).
11. Revamp/update your EDC kit for optimal use.
12. Revamp/update your BOB seasonally (spring, fall) for optimal use.
13. Revamp/update your vehicle’s BOB and emergency kit for optimal use.
14. Revamp/update your home preparedness gear/supplies for optimal use.
15. Revamp/update your INCH bag…just in case.
16. Revamp/update all medical kits; toss expired stuff, replace missing stuff.
17. Pay off your home.
18. Pay off your vehicle(s).
19. Pay off all consumer debt.
20. Pay off all other debt(s).
21. Pull your free credit reports and ensure they are correct.
22. Increase your income.
23. Update your resume even if you don’t need it right now.
24. Develop multiple streams of income.
25. Pay your taxes on time and in full.
26. Stack cash, safely and securely, at home.
27. Make an investment plan for the upcoming year (Roth IRA, 401k, mutual funds, etc).
28. Review your health, life, auto, home, and long-term care insurances and make any necessary changes.
29. Make a list of your bills (including recurring subscriptions) and see if any of these can be reduced/eliminated.
30. Increase your emergency fund with each paycheck.
31. Allocate savings accounts to various needs (home improvement fund, vacation fund, Christmas fund, etc).
32. Make sure you have your/your family’s important documents (birth certificates, marriage/divorce documents, Social Security cards, DD214, adoption records, vehicle titles, etc) stored safely and securely at home.
33. Create a “when I die” folder.
34. Review and update your end-of-life documents (will, living will, medical power of attorney, etc).
35. Inspect your entire home and make a list of home improvement tasks to complete (clean gutters, repair the deck, new appliances, etc). Work on these improvements throughout the year.
36. Decrapify your entire home. Clean out closets, get rid of junk, get rid of clothes you no longer wear/fit, donate items you no longer use/need, etc.
37. Check the expiration dates of important items (driver’s license, passport, credit cards, vehicle registration, etc) and add these dates to your calendar/”to do” list.
38. Install several layers of home security (fence, alarm system, dog, tactical nightstand, etc).
39. Improve/develop a range of friendships/relationships with others (at work, via hobbies, with neighbors, etc).
40. Plant a garden; even a window garden will do for starters.
41. Stockpile seeds to be used within the next few years.
42. Practice canning, making jams, making pickles, making jerky, and other food preservation skills.
43. Increase your water/food/consumables stockpiles; rotate and inventory these seasonally.
44. Shop thrift stores and pick up/use DVD movies, books, board games, and other non-electronic hobby/entertainment items.
45. Practice making basic plumbing/electrical/construction repairs on your home (lots of good tutorials on YouTube).
46. Go camping at least once a season (spring, summer, fall, winter).
47. Join a local walking/hiking club and explore your local area.
48. Pick up some useful physical fitness hobbies (running, golf, bicycling, etc).
49. Pick up some useful survival hobbies (hunting, fishing, archery, shooting, etc).
50. Volunteer in your community and learn some useful skills (CERT, SAR, EMT, firefighter, etc).
51. Make sure you have two additional ways to cook food if your stove becomes unusable.
52. Make sure you have two additional ways to heat your home if your HVAC system becomes unusable.
53. Make sure you have two additional ways to create/store electricity if the electrical system goes down.
54. Make sure you have two additional sources of lighting if the electrical system goes down.
55. Practice drills with your family (fire drills, lockdown drills, communications drills, etc).
56. Buy and degoogle a cell phone (tutorials on YouTube).
57. Put Linux on an old laptop (tutorials on YouTube).
58. Get in as much range time as possible if you are a gun owner.
59. Read more books.
60. Do less doomscrolling/social media posting/watching YouTube videos that only try to sell you stuff.
61. Learn about Stoicism; incorporate these principals into your daily life.
62. Learn a new language.
63. Learn to play a non-electric instrument (drums, fiddle/violin, piano, etc).
64. Play games of skill (chess, horseshoes, poker, knife throwing, etc).
65. Instead of doomscrolling do crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, sudoku puzzles, etc.
66. Try bartering (example here).
67. Consider moving if your current living situation is not optimal.
68. Learn to tie a variety of knots.
69. Learn how to navigate with a map and compass.
70. Learn fighting skills (karate, judo, taekwondo, etc).
71. Do a no-spend week, or better yet, do a no-spend month.
72. Consider how to make your daily driver a bug out vehicle if needed.
73. Create a “safe room” in your home.
74. Do some preventative maintenance on your tools, guns, machinery, etc.
75. Buy (and hide) some luxury items to pull out in case of disaster (toys for the kids, chocolates, whiskey, etc).
76. Go dumpster diving.
77. Go foraging.
78. Do a taste test of survival foods (MREs, Mountain House, Costco survival food bucket) to determine what you like and what you definitely don’t want to stockpile.
79. Research the most common disasters in your area and do some preps specifically for these possibilities.
80. Live out of your bug out bag for a weekend in both wilderness and urban areas (fix any problems you find after this experiment).
81. Challenge yourself to reach a huge goal such as running a marathon by the end of the year, sewing a complete wardrobe, traveling to a far-flung place, etc).
82. Travel internationally at least once this year.
83. Hide a useful cache at the beginning of the year and retrieve it at the end of the year (or sooner if there is an emergency).
84. Practice being as close to zero-waste as possible.
85. Do a “don’t break the chain” challenge (pick a simple challenge like flossing daily if you often forget to do this and “don’t break the chain”).
86. Pick one bad habit to quit this year.
87. Avoid mainstream media and find a variety of balanced news sources to check out daily.
88. De-stress daily (meditate, yoga, journal, deep breathing exercises, etc).
89. Pick a day and do everything you can to avoid Big Brother tracking you for the entire day.
90. Do a complete maintenance service on your vehicle, get new tires if needed, deep clean it, etc.
91. Use cash only, no credit cards/Zelle/Apple Pay/etc for an entire week (or better yet, an entire month).
92. Only eat what you have in your home for two whole weeks (no grocery stores/restaurants/UberEats/etc).
93. Do something random and spontaneous–take a new route to work, take the day off and go for a long drive, give a stranger $100, etc.
94. Learn about fasting and consider doing a fasting challenge.
95. Replicate your favorite commercial foods (Pop tarts, Starbucks Frapuccino, Blooming Onion, etc) at home (lots of recipes online for this).
96. Learn a new skill (sewing, leather working, trail running, lockpicking, etc).
97. Back up everything–photos, files, documents, digital survival guides, etc–digitally and securely store this device.
98. Attend a prepper-related event–Rubber Tramp Roundup, Thunder Ranch class, prepper shows, etc.
99. Splurge on something you have always wanted to do or have a memorable family vacation.
100. Check off other self-improvement tasks using the Clean Sweep program list.

With the very exceedingly, super contentious, unprecedentedly violent (really? two assassination attempts on a presidential candidate?) US election coming up in a little more than a month, we have some prepping to do…

1. Start a small garden (even on a windowsill is a good start; have seeds on hand for larger garden projects)
2. Have two week’s to a month’s supply of stored water
3. Find alternate sources of water and have methods to purify the water
4. Have two to six months’ worth of stockpiled food
5. Have an emergency fund in the bank to cover six months’ worth of living expenses
6. Have cash safely stored in your home to cover a few months’ worth of expenses
7. Be able to heat your home/a room if utilities go out (ie: propane heater/extra propane)
8. Have gas for your vehicle safely stored on your property
9. Have a way to cook food if the utilities go out (ie: camp stove/extra fuel)
10. Have a battery bank/solar panel on hand to make your own electricity if needed
11. Have winter survival gear on hand (winter clothes, boots, sleeping bags, etc)
12. Stockpile consumables (toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper, etc)
13. Refill your prescriptions if possible (ideally try to pick up a three month’s supply at once)
14. Fix any current problems (example: if you have a painful tooth, go to the dentist now)
15. Revamp your bug out bag/bug out vehicle so you will be ready to go if necessary
16. Have lots of non-electric entertainment on hand (books, games, art supplies, etc)
17. Clean your firearms and stockpile extra ammo
18. Get your home ready for winter (and bugging in if needed)
19. Backup all of your files, photos, survival guides, etc onto a secure thumb drive
20. Start exercising every day (even going for a daily walk will help you get in shape; and probably provide valuable intel as well as you walk around your neighborhood)
21. Install solar-powered lights around your property
22. Get your HAM radio license and a HAM radio and practice using it
23. Build a hidden safe room
24. Secure your home (install deadbolts, break-proof window film, etc)
25. Install inexpensive bidets on your toilets (this saves a lot of toilet paper)
26. Make sure your home safety equipment (smoke detectors, CO detectors, fire extinguishers, etc) are up to date/have fresh batteries/are fully charged
27. Have basic tools on hand so you can make simple repairs if needed
28. Have “fix it” supplies on hand (duct tape, plywood, plastic sheeting, electrical and plumbing parts, etc)
29. Get a fireproof safe and store all of your legal documents and cash in it
30. Have a battery-operated radio you can use to receive news if the power goes out
31. Go radio silent (ie: don’t post your activities/opinions on social media, take political signs out of your yard, etc)
32. Take some first aid courses and have first aid supplies on hand
33. Don’t tell your friends/neighbors/family about your preps (you can encourage them to prepare but don’t tell anyone about all of your gear and stockpiles)
34. Emphasize the need for prepping secrecy with your family
35. Revamp your EDC kit (so you will have a level of preparedness if you are away from home when things start to pop off)
36. Have a paper map of your city/state/country
37. Assemble your “grey man” costumes (so you will be able to blend in to the crowd)
38. Watch as many survival videos on YouTube/Rumble as possible (anonymously on the Brave browser of course)
39. Stay anonymous (degoogled phone, linux on your laptop, secure router, VPN, anonymous sim, etc)
40. Plan your activities accordingly (avoid crowds, avoid protests and roving gangs of people)
41. Learn some de-escalation/interpersonal relations skills
42. Solidify your friendships (especially with neighbors and other people in your community that can help you in difficult times)
43. Plan multiple routes into and out of your city (try traveling these routes now, at night, and fix any problems with your plan)
44. Determine a couple of bug out locations (not just “into the mountains” as that is everyone else’s bug out plan)
45. Go camping/backpacking during the next few weeks and fix any gear issues
46. Make sure your vehicle is in good working order (change the oil, put air in the tires/replace the tires if needed, etc)
47. Devise a way to hide your preps (you don’t want every neighbor in your subdivision to see your food stockpile when you open your garage door)
48. Devise a communication system for family/friends near and far should the grid go down
49. Make special preparations for other household members (the elderly, babies/infants, pets, the ill/infirm, etc)
50. Reverse chronic diseases if possible (you would be surprised how much difference eating a whole-foods diet can make in 40 days when it comes to diabetes, high blood pressure, etc)
51. Consider your self defense plans based on your own personal circumstances (firearms, taser, pepper spray, fighting skills, etc)
52. Scan the local, regional, national, and international news on a daily basis and watch for signs of impending trouble (note that mainstream media can be horribly biased and not cover important topics while social media can make the smallest thing into a national incident; check a variety of news sources. Check out S2 Underground’s daily reports on YouTube.)
53. Set up an exterior security system at your home and consider having a drone on hand for an “eye in the sky” to observe local incidents
54. If you feel compelled to participate in civil unrest activities, do so covertly (and for the love of God don’t bring your cell phone with you or otherwise make yourself identifiable)
55. Have a written (and digital) contact info list for family, friends, and other people you may need (lawyer, doctor, vet, etc).  Make sure each family member carries a copy of this list.
56. Teach everyone in your family survival skills (first aid, AED, CPR, hunting, bushcraft, firearms, etc)
57. Keep a handle on your kids (often kids, especially teens, will act first and think later; going off on whatever tangent during dangerous times is not a good idea)
58. Establish meet-up locations with your family (in your neighborhood, in your city, across the country, across the world) in case you get separated
59. Play hide-and-seek with your family (and play like your life depends on it; during a civil breakdown it could)
60. Consider volunteering in your community as a way to help your fellow man, make some useful contacts, and learn some vital skills (examples: EMT, CERT, SAR, etc)
61. Figure out if you are able to work from home instead of going to the office during times of unrest (this may be in your employee handbook)
62. If you do get stranded at work during a civil unrest incident, have the means to bug in at your office for a period of time (clothing, shelter items, food, water, etc)
63. Download your community’s (Department of Emergency Management/Fire District/etc) disaster plans, Mass Casualty Incident plans, etc so you will be aware of how things may work in your community after a disaster
64. Make plans on how you would evacuate your pets, your farm animals, your disabled family members, etc. if you needed to leave your home during a time of massive unrest in your community
65. Know what your children’s school’s disaster plans/lock down plans are and get on the school’s list for emergency notification texts (many schools will lock the kids down and not release them if an incident has already started)
66. Sign up for any community alert messages in your area (generally through your county DEM, etc)
67. Play by the rules (or pretend to) so as not to draw unwanted attention to you by TPTB (watch Chris Rock’s video on YouTube on ‘how not to get your ass beat by the police’ which pretty much sums up all you need to know about dealing with authority figures during high-stress incidents)
68. Check your home owners/vehicle insurance to see if it covers acts of civil unrest
69. Consider changing travel plans if they are scheduled before, during, or right after the election
70. If you are away from home when civil unrest occurs, know your options (embassy locations, local safe places you could hide, have a map of your location, know how to fashion a weapon if worse comes to worst, etc)
71. Know what to do if you are trapped in certain locations (on foot in a crowd, in your vehicle, in a store) if a civil unrest event suddenly occurs (there are lots of videos and articles on this topic online)
72. Pre-stage survival tools that could be useful during an incident (ie: fire extinguishers, ladders to escape from the second floor of your home, firearms, door barricade supplies, etc)
73. Prepare to go off-road in a bug out situation (if there are roadblocks or miles-long stretches of gridlocked traffic, can you escape via mountain bike/ebike/motorcycle…maybe even a boat in some areas?)
74. Are you prepared to deal with multiple incidents at once (ie: civil unrest and a medical incident; grid down and a massive winter storm, etc)?
75. Have all of your preps together at least a week before the election (there should be no reason you NEED to leave your home if an incident pops off—such as the way people run to the store at the last minute before a hurricane is set to hit their area)
76. Be able to cook from scratch.  If you solely rely on restaurants and Uber Eats for sustenance, these may be unavailable during a major civil unrest incident
77. Prepare for things to not go as usual during a massive event (grid down, protest, etc).  911 systems may be overloaded, fire departments and hospitals may lock their doors to keep people out, ATMs may not work, stores may be closed or looted, etc
78. Download important records that could be wiped out during a massive cyber incident (bank statements, investment account statements, medical records, etc)
79. If you have a bugout location like a cabin in the woods, considering going there a week before the election and coming back home a week after the location (it will either end up being a relaxing vacation or a preemptive effort to avoid a mass civil unrest event)
80. Learn ancient bushcraft skills (how to start a fire without matches, how to make arrowheads and arrows, how to make animal traps, etc)
81. Go foraging now and learn what wild edibles are common in your environment
82. If you have never been fishing or hunting, go now and learn how to catch an animal, dress it, and cook it over a fire
83. If you have never bartered, try it now (also stockpile some things that would be useful for bartering in the future)
84. Go room to room with a pencil and paper and list anything you would need to buy/fix/replace if you were unable to leave your home for a month or two (then get to work acquiring/fixing these things)
85. Don’t believe everything you hear from social media/mainstream media/your friends/your coworkers (there is a lot of election-related propaganda/misinformation going on now so do your own research before making decisions)
86. Don’t panic. If a scary situation develops, think clearly and examine all of your options before making decisions based on facts not fear
87. Plan for random acts of violence/home invasion (there are several YouTube videos on this). In a civil collapse, manners, morals, and values tend to go out the window
88. Be situationally aware, wherever you are at. At school, at work, at a store…no matter where you are, watch how people are acting/what they are doing, know where the exits are, and have a secret word or phrase that you use with your family to alert them it is time to immediately leave the area
89. Have survival gear caches at home, at work, in your vehicle, in your bug out location, and hidden in a secure off-site location in case you can’t go home and get your stuff or can’t get back to your vehicle
90. If you’ve thought about getting a dog, now might be a good time to do so; they make excellent early warning systems (most of them anyway)
91. Create a tactical nightstand in case your home is broken in to while you are asleep (note that in the event of civil collapse, some family members should be on watch while others sleep for the safety of all)
92. Get in the habit of being predictably unpredictable (I can set my watch based on the times my neighbors leave for work, take their kids to school, etc. Don’t be predictable in your routes, comings and goings, etc)
93. Check on elderly neighbors and others who may have difficulty during a civil unrest/societal collapse event. While you don’t want to give away all of your preps, you do want to help out when you can and be seen as useful to the community
94. Look at how other major civil unrest events have been handled in the past for useful ideas (ie: Rooftop Koreans, u loot, we shoot signs posted in neighborhoods after Hurricane Katrina, small towns hauling out the heavy equipment to drag logs to block major roads into town to keep outsiders away, etc)
95. Learn some unconventional warfare tactics (Google and YouTube can help you with this)
96. Beware immediate compliance with government mandates after a SHTF event (‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you’…LOL)
97. Keep a low profile no matter what. Don’t show off the things you have; if you have to travel, travel at night taking back roads; when people commiserate about the terrible conditions, commiserate with them, etc
98. Consider “fasting” once a week or so. Fasting from food, fasting from electricity, fasting from electronic devices…if there is something you couldn’t think of doing without, do without it for a period of time and see what happens
99. Be able to pivot. In trying times with sudden major changes, all of your plans may go out the window; be ready to pivot/change course/change direction at a moment’s notice
100. Vote

Ideally, we should all be able to do our own thing–work, hang with friends, take care of our families–and generally enjoy the time we have on this planet. In reality, it seems like the powers that be are out to get us on a daily basis (just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you). Here’s what you can do…

1. The ultraprocessed foods you eat are killing you, with the blessing of our government. What you should do: eat organic whole fruit, vegetables, beans, and grains with the occasion naturally-sourced fish or other creature (FWIW deer season starts soon).
2. Lack of exercise is doing the same. Several decades ago, life revolved around lots of exercise–at work, around the homestead, at school–as most activities involved manual labor. These days, thanks to big tech, you don’t even need to leave your recliner to shop, work, be entertained, or have restaurant food delivered right to the table in front of you. What you should do: exercise at least three hours a day. Yes, really. Walk, dance, hike, row a boat, climb a mountain…moving about doing physical labor/exercise is good for your body (and your mind).
3. Lack of nature is also negatively impacting you. We used to walk a few miles to and from school in decades gone by but these days kids are driven to and from their home to the front door of their school, thus making them fat, weak, and sadly lacking in vitamin D. And this is considered normal. In fact, letting your kids walk to school could be a criminal act these days. What you can do: get a couple of hours of outdoor exposure each day–breath fresh air, get some sun, walk on the grass, and otherwise experience nature (sans cell phone/music/social media) while marinating in your own thoughts.
4. Social media is destroying your mental health, but that seems to be fine by the government as they are using it to manipulate you as well. You are a rather intelligent person with intelligently reasoned opinions yet you jump into a forum and state your opinion and you are suddenly hammered with downvotes and people telling you how stupid you are so you rethink, and possibly change, your opinion to something that doesn’t even make sense because, well, conformity. What you should do: realize it isn’t you, it’s them. You are right, they are wrong. Screw conformity. Or just avoid social media and talk to real people in real life. It’s better for your sanity.
5. Ditto mainstream media. I thought I must have been in the Twilight Zone when, over the past few appearances of Kamala Harris, she literally couldn’t put an entire sentence together by herself. And that is objectively the truth, but when I opened up mainstream news sites, everyone was fawning over her. WTF??? Again, it’s them, not you. What you can do: realize that the intake of mainstream media may make you question your sanity and possibly turn you into a sheeple. Avoid mainstream media as much as possible and find balanced sources to get your information.
6. Don’t depend on the government. Would a government that cares about its citizens allow its regulatory bodies be bought and paid for by the very industries it regulates? This is what happens when it does (yes, that’s 112 pages of recalls and market withdrawals). Would a government that is supposed to protect its people allow illegal immigrant (or any) gangs to run wild in their cities? What you should do: I guess we have devolved as a society to the point where we call in other citizens for help instead of law enforcement. Note that this has worked before.
7. Big pharma would like to keep shareholder dividends high and the average person dependent on opiods and/or prescription medications for, like, the rest of their lives. What you can do: stay healthy and, if necessary, reverse chronic disease so you aren’t dependent on pharmaceuticals.
8. The fear of persecution is being used as a manipulation tool by our (and other) governments. Let’s see…Tulsi was put on a government terror watch list for (factually) pointing out Kamala’s flaws. The UK is releasing violent criminals from prison in order to make room to jail citizens for hate speech. And, the government told (forced?) Zuck to use Facebook to manipulate certain information on the platform. What you can do: learn about digital privacy skills and, more importantly, use them.
9. The presidential election is coming up. No matter who wins (TPTB are heavily hoping it will be Kamala, word on the street is it will be Trump), it is going to be a shitshow. What you can do: vote, of course, then be prepared for the worst (civil unrest, massive cyber attack, etc).
10. Finally, realize that every single thing that you do is being monitored, recorded, evaluated, sold, and monetized. What you can do: according to Albert Camus, “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” In that spirit, go analog, pay for everything with cash, watch an interesting livecam (snakes or bears), enjoy time spent with friends and family, go backpacking, meditate, enjoy (non electronic) hobbies, etc.

I never (never, ever) thought I would write such a title but at this point, Trump is the only option for president. The past several months have been a nightmare of third-world political oppression I never thought I would see in America. For example…

1. Donald Trump, our former president and current presidential candidate, was, either through extreme incompetence and or extreme complicity, nearly assassinated. The current administration is in charge of his “security”.
2. Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman and military officer, was placed on the Quiet Skies terrorism watch list as a method of political intimidation because she doesn’t agree with the current administration.
3. People are being arrested in the UK for posting social media messages on political issues, to the point that UK leaders said they would also come after Americans if they post anything negative about the UK. Normally the president would immediately and publicly respond to such outrageous behavior by any other government but in this situation…crickets.
4. It’s clear that President Biden’s cognitive function has fallen off a cliff in the past several months. Shouldn’t someone in the executive–or any other–branch call for the 25th amendment be enacted? Again, crickets.
5. Kamala Harris is alarmingly unfit for office (examples here, here, and here). Added: this interview

Let’s recap…

• June 27th: Biden and Trump participated in a televised national debate. Trump, who could have went all Trump on Biden, didn’t do so as he (and everyone else) could see that Biden had significant cognitive issues and it would have been like kicking a baby. Why Biden’s handlers ever put him on national TV with anything other than a prepared speech on a teleprompter makes one wonder…
• July 12th: Austin Private Wealth massively shorted Donald Trump stock. Massively. Check out the people behind this company…and start connecting the dots.
• July 13th: Donald Trump was at a public rally for his presidential campaign and someone(s) attempted to assassinate him.
• Cue all kinds of backpedaling from the AWS folks to the Director of the Secret Service with her “steep roof” excuse.
• July 19th: CrowdStrike crashed, well, most of the world’s tech. Again, check out the people behind this company…there are more dots to connect.
• July 21st: President Biden announces that he will not run for reelection.

Some nice summaries here (first half of the video, skip the ad part), and here (ditto the ad part).

And they aren’t done yet. Prepare accordingly.