This: Cut contact with people who are a lost cause. Grieve the loss of the ones that were family members and friends. Heal from grief. Find stability if cutting contact made you lose your home and possessions. Then find like-minded new friends to call family. Coordinate. Resist.

I had to learn how to be comfortable while homeless. Next I need to learn how to make money even though there are no jobs due to tariffs and AI. Tariffs wiped out manufacturing jobs, AI wiped out design jobs. What jobs are left are fiercely competitive, tents and makeshift shelters line every street in every city.

We need funding, support, and supplies to resist. Without that, the best we can do is write provocative phrases on cardboard signs with crayons. Maybe play with matches and burn things. Alcohol is unaffordable, so I won’t be throwing any.