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   Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 08:03:57 JST Kim Scheinberg

   Things I've done or am in the process of doing for myself, spouse, kids:

   retrieve Social Security earnings statements from ssa dot gov

   request new hardcopy SSN cards

   verify IRS IP pins are current

   check safe for official copies of birth certificates and any other key documents (marriage license, etc)

   have encrypted photos of drivers licenses, passports, and global entry cards stored on phones and in secure cloud storage

   renew passports if necessary and get passport cards

   Anything else?

   • Rich Felker repeated this.
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     Paul Chernoff (paulc@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 09:15:36 JST Paul Chernoff

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     • anguinea

     @kims @anguinea I checked and the passport renewal page is back online.

     If you reach a government web page that is down don’t panic. I had trouble this morning with ssa . gov but then tried another device and browser and it worked. Restarting the browser didn't help.

     If that doesn't work switch the DNS you are using.

     Still doesn't work ask others their experience. In today's environment do say you are worried that it was taken down. Then share what others have told you.

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     Punch Fascists Liberally (20002ist@thepit.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 09:16:26 JST Punch Fascists Liberally

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     @kims Physical go bags & agreed-upon plan on when/where to rendezvous if you to have leave separately in a big hurry.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 09:38:49 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • Matt Blaze

     @mattblaze
     I have that covered along with some portable stores of value. (My old boss was big on protecting against hyperinflation.)

     Can't bring myself to buy bitcoin, even if you assured me both that I could keep it safe and that it would double in price in the next three months. Losing money on it would feel bad, and profiting from it would feel so much worse. Everything about it is contaminating.

     Antacids. Buy lots more antacids...

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 09:38:50 JST Matt Blaze

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     @kims A few week's worth of cash on hand.

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 09:52:13 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     • Matt Blaze

     @mattblaze
     Lol, this was our bathroom in NYC ten years before the pandemic.

     My husband would leave the house without his pants on before he'd let us run out of toilet paper. He's got a mild case of acartohygieiophobia

     Gah, what an unbelievably shitty few days this has been, pun absolutely intended.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 09:52:14 JST Matt Blaze

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     @kims And, if the pandemic was any lesson, a lot of toilet paper.

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     Duncan Bayne (duncan_bayne@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 15:19:56 JST Duncan Bayne

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     @kims If your budget allows, a set of the most "white middle class" clothes and accessories you can get.

     The sort of thing you could all wear to travel from A to B while attracting as little attention as humanly possible from the wrong people.

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     Miss Gayle (missgayle@urbanists.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 15:20:39 JST Miss Gayle

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     @kims

     Mortgage docs or docs showing payoff, and deeds. Also car title certificates.

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     Support the Resistance (pattyhanson@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 15:22:23 JST Support the Resistance

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     @kims Close all your bank accounts.
     *Your account numbers & routing numbers have been compromised.
     *Take photos of your family members.
     *If you have a safe storage space, fill at least 2 5 gal containers w/gas.
     *Stock your pantry with non perishable food and bottled water (don't forget pet food)
     *Depending on you financial capability, convert some cash to gold - Musk is attempting to crash the dollar
     *Stock home with emergency power supply, lanterns, candles etc
     *Refill all prescription meds

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 15:22:23 JST Rich Felker

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     • Support the Resistance

     @PattyHanson @kims "Refill all prescription meds"

     Also, do whatever is necessary to dupe doctor into increasing prescribed dose so you can split doses and stockpile.