First aid.
Drone operation.
PAL for firearms.
Cooking classes.
How to grow, forage, harvest foods.
Food storage.
Fitness of all kinds. Survival.
Learn to drive a standard transmission or a large truck or operate a piece of heavy equipment.
Those with medical training update your trauma training.
Consider joining the reserves.
Rescue training.
High angle and confined space training.
Swimming lessons.
Computer programming.
Classes on the manipulation tactics of social media.
Volunteer at a local mutual aid org (food banks, search and rescue, volunteer fire or ambulance, community gardens, drop in centers, youth training programs, libraries, municipal rec departments etc.)
And most of all organize. Talk to your neighbors and friends about what they are doing to prepare. Help one another. There are so many things we can do to educate ourselves and find like minded community members to start organizing. The organizing and meeting people is what makes us stronger. The rest is just a bonus.
Same. I basically just detailed my life in a list. I did leave out how to make hockey ice but maybe that should be included as well. Seems strange to be old and realize you can do so many things. Also mostly due to unchecked ADHD and PTSD in my circumstance.
Today was a good example. Source Canadian beta-Amylase for oat milk (actually failed though), operate on a chicken foot, hang housing for mason bees, sharpen a chainsaw; replace a laptop battery, convert EDE database files to .vcf, troubleshoot bluetooth DRM bugs; casual cabinetry and a curry feast. Technopeasant reality.
Oh and download 40GB of family data in preparation for deleting Amazon Prime. We’re going with Syncthing and Immich. Divest and Deny!
To add :
Support communication infrastructure outside of AWS : that can be as simple as showing up on Lemmy regularly, visiting CBC website and a variety of Canadian information sources all the way to having a computer offline with a copy of early 2025 Wikipedia and various open sources software and decent local LLM.
Community involvement will be for two objectives: increasing preparedness is evident but also your own mental health that will be way more stable with you actively doing something tangible + the support network.
What training do you suggest?
First aid. Drone operation. PAL for firearms. Cooking classes. How to grow, forage, harvest foods. Food storage. Fitness of all kinds. Survival. Learn to drive a standard transmission or a large truck or operate a piece of heavy equipment. Those with medical training update your trauma training. Consider joining the reserves. Rescue training. High angle and confined space training. Swimming lessons. Computer programming. Classes on the manipulation tactics of social media. Volunteer at a local mutual aid org (food banks, search and rescue, volunteer fire or ambulance, community gardens, drop in centers, youth training programs, libraries, municipal rec departments etc.)
And most of all organize. Talk to your neighbors and friends about what they are doing to prepare. Help one another. There are so many things we can do to educate ourselves and find like minded community members to start organizing. The organizing and meeting people is what makes us stronger. The rest is just a bonus.
Add HAM radio to the list!
Good one. Will do.
This is a great list, and considering I am approaching old, happy to report that it’s almost like my non-work CV. Feeling nearly prepped, never fully.
ADHD has been good for gathering a basic set of skills in a wide range of situations.
Next is to play with community mesh networks and work on the Ham radio experience.
Same. I basically just detailed my life in a list. I did leave out how to make hockey ice but maybe that should be included as well. Seems strange to be old and realize you can do so many things. Also mostly due to unchecked ADHD and PTSD in my circumstance.
Today was a good example. Source Canadian beta-Amylase for oat milk (actually failed though), operate on a chicken foot, hang housing for mason bees, sharpen a chainsaw; replace a laptop battery, convert EDE database files to .vcf, troubleshoot bluetooth DRM bugs; casual cabinetry and a curry feast. Technopeasant reality.
Oh and download 40GB of family data in preparation for deleting Amazon Prime. We’re going with Syncthing and Immich. Divest and Deny!
Wow this is epic!!! Thanks for sharing. Every Canadian needs to step up with this stuff.
At this pace, Canada will be taken over before you get a call back even if you apply today lol
It took me 4 months to hear anything after I applied. If anyone is considering this option, don’t go into it with high expectations.
To add : Support communication infrastructure outside of AWS : that can be as simple as showing up on Lemmy regularly, visiting CBC website and a variety of Canadian information sources all the way to having a computer offline with a copy of early 2025 Wikipedia and various open sources software and decent local LLM.
Community involvement will be for two objectives: increasing preparedness is evident but also your own mental health that will be way more stable with you actively doing something tangible + the support network.