Hi America — 2 things you should do this weekend after you be sure you voted:

1- if you have an emergency stockpile, this is a good time to go thru it, donate everything that will expire before the end of the year

2- you need to talk to your family and cancel thanksgiving

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On your stockpiles & emergency rations: if you laid in some goods at the beginning of covid, go thru, check expiration dates, consider what you have, stockpile better. Shift to more dry goods — beans lentils peas rice grains etc — which store better, longer, take up less space /2

Donate canned goods and other items to your nearest food bank in time to help families in need before thanksgiving. It’s going to be a rough holiday for a lot of people. Donate food or $$ if you can. Do it early so food banks can gear up before T-day /3

I love thanksgiving, it’s such a great American holiday.

You’re going to need to do it differently this year.

Stay local. Stay in your small group. Don’t encourage your family to drive all over the country and get together. The public health concerns are too many. /4

Plan now for something other than what you usually do.

Be creative! Thanksgiving is a holiday about survival and renewal. So many ways to do it, give thanks, reflect, celebrate. Mark another year off the calendar.

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Further to your decision making: https://twitter.com/mollymckew/status/1321663514851889153