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All right!
Reminder time!
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MOST INJURIES FROM TORNADOES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• Head injuries during the storm, and
• Foot injuries after the storm when people go outside.

A large chunk of Ontario is currently storm warned. Figure out the spot in your house that puts the maximum number of walls between you and outside.

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Go RIGHT NOW, and put a HELMET and a pair of HARD SOLED SHOES for every person who will be sheltering in that space.
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The helmet is for preventing head injuries while things are blowing around, and the hard soled shoes are so that you won't step on nails or other damaging debris after the storm. I hope like hell you don't need either of those things.

Much better to go do that now and not need it, than NOT do it and NEED it.
#tornado #onwx #onstorm #GigiTips

One day Ima write a whole piece on social engineering, but in the meantime here is my number one tip on how to not being a walking security hole:

LET PEOPLE BE WRONG.
No, you don't have to correct them.

The easiest way I have learned to get people to spill shit they shouldn't be telling you is to be wrong about something.

People love to be right. Let them correct you on a small thing, first, then they will feel good about telling you SHIT THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULDN'T BE SAYING.

If I can resist correcting an oversized goon who's been harassing me for four years, as he blathers abject nonsense at me non-stop, you can get out of the habit of correcting people who didn't directly ask for your help.

Let them be wrong.
Let them be LOUD and wrong.

It's enough that you know.

#mansplaining #SocialEngineering #GigiTips

One of my favourite food prep tips (and I have probably posted it before) is to pre roast garlic.

Like to roast it in small ceramic containers with lids — nothing but garlic. 275°F until my nose says it's done.

Then I put it on a flat tray to freeze individually, then I throw them in a bag, and into the freezer.

Because it's summertime, I made a lovely classic Greek dressing. No one point in my life I had a Greek roommate and she taught me that a proper Greek dressing is lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and oregano.

I planted a lot of onions this year, but the raccoons generally fought me for these. Not that they ate them. So tomorrow I guess I will have to go buy one and a bit of feta.

#GigiTips #cookstodon

I went on a bit of a bread baking spree last night.

As a tip, if you want a classic soft sandwich loaf, add a bit of powdered milk toward the end of the kneading process. It gives you a softer crumb.

#GigiTips #cookstodon

My favourite feature in Signal is the Note to Self option.

When you find yourself sending the same message over and over again to many different people and many different groups, it's easiest to either create it or save a copy in your Note to Self function, and then just forward it from there.

You can attach up to 10 screenshots or images, along with the text.

It saves so much time.
#Activism #Organizing #OrganizerToolkit #GigiTips

Was scrolling so #onstorm footage from this morning, and I realized that some people don't seem to know that:

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If you aren't detecting left or right motion on that tornado you are filming:

IT MAY BE COMING
STRAIGHT AT YOU.

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We really need to get Canadians more aware of this shit, along with "hard-soled shoes and helmets".

https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/110544601152244338

#tornadoes #WeatherAdvice
#GigiTips #onwx

*taps sign*

#GigiTips #RememberThis #CommunityDefence