Jessian Choy ("she" not "guys" or "girl" :)

Image: Fruits with retro happy faces

“Regenerative/sustainable/carbon neutral” crops might have pesticides.

Dig into safer certifications for veggies/fruit/grains/crops bit.ly/SaferCertifications.

Ask me how to not plow your garden/grow it regeneratively. There’s no “tilling” what I’ll find when I dig :)

@foodprintorg.bsky.social

Image of text below: 📢Protect yourself/others at #protests See BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURITY for more info If someone asks you to open your phone, only do it with your lawyer present, such as one from the @NationalLawyersGuild. Write their phone number on your arm in case you get arrested. Before you share photos: - Don’t post photos or videos of people’s faces without their consent. Obscure the faces of people only using the shape/rectangle tool. Don’t use drawing or blurring tools because they can be reversed by others. - Photos have hidden information, or metadata, embedded in them which include the type of phone/camera you used, the photo's location, and other potentially sensitive data. So use a metadata removal tool. If you send a photo to someone using Signal, that app removes this metadata automatically. - Let people know your photos or videos are real with the #ProofModeApp. Don’t leave anything with your fingerprints or saliva, such as drinks. If you’re in custody: If cops ask, you only need to say your name, birthday, and these magic words. Avoid saying much to anyone else in custody or if you’re on a call.

📢Protect yourself/others at protests

Before sharing photos/videos:

-Obscure faces with the shape/rectangle tool. Other tools can be reversed by others.

-Use a metadata removal tool

-Prove they're real with ProofMode app

Thanks @elizaorlins.bsky.social

More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECU...

Image of text below: Call, text, or meet online via the free Signal app: Here’s why Signal is safer than WhatsApp and how to use WhatsApp and Signal. Whether you use WhatsApp or Signal, check to make sure: -There aren't links to devices you don't recognize. -With groups you created, disable group links. -Regularly change your app pin. Your cell phone: Buy a modern burner phone with cash, don’t turn it on in your home, and only add the Signal App, not other accounts (social media, financial, etc). Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Also, turn off Bluetooth, wifi, and Airdrop. Make sure your notifications are only visible when your device is unlocked. On an iPhone: Open Settings. Press Notifications, then Show Previews, then Never. Turn off biometric opening of your phone (face or fingerprint ID, etc.). Use a long, complicated alphanumeric password. Backup your phone regularly. On iPhones, enable Advanced Data Protection on your iCloud account.

☎️Protect yourself and your contacts on your phone:

Buy a modern burner phone with cash, don’t turn it on at home and only add the Signal app.

Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Also, turn off bluetooth, wifi, and airdrop.

More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECU...

Signalgate—NSA Says Change Smartphone Message Settings Do not make this dangerous mistake—what to do now.

If you use WhatsApp or Signal, make sure:

- There aren't links to devices you don't recognize.

- With groups you created, you disabled group links.

- Regularly change your app pin.

Don't say I didn't warn you :)

As an energyworker, I have talked for months about what I thought would happen in the United States. Those things have happened. The more you trust your intuition, the more you can be prepared.

If you ask energyworkers about their journey and if you learn to heal yourself through ways your ancestors did, you might learn that you are more powerful than you might think you are.

❤️🌈🕯If you feel stressed and nothing else seems to work, energywork can work. (Studies: FunAndUtopian.com).

FREE healings (breathwork, limpias, meditation, etc.) by BIPOC in-person and (also possibly online in the future): klbri.org/sana-sana.

More tips in comments below!

Everything you do affects you well-being and other beings. You can also support efforts to decolonize it (decoloniseMSF.univer.se/media) (Image includes text in post and above, and heart and angel icons)

Bro In Your Head: What am I going to get out of donating to DoctorsWithoutBorders.org?

Your Higher Self: They might help you someday w/free medical care/food/water worldwide w/no gov't funds in areas of conflict/disasters/poverty

Studies: people are happier if they give

bit.ly/HappyEquitableWorld

Image of rose-colored flower of life sacred geometry soap with text below: Safer brands of scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners: See bit.ly/SaferScentedProducts on if: 100% essential oils, synthetic scents, and scent-masking agents have toxic phthalates and are associated with allergies, eczema, respiratory issues. “Phthalate-free fragrance oil," “nontoxic,” “100% plant based,” “biodegradable,” “natural extracts,” or “water-soluble” claims aren’t safe.

My two "scents" on safer scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners

See if:

-Essential oils & synthetic scents have toxic phthalates & are linked with allergies, eczema, asthma

-Phthalate-free fragrance oil, nontoxic, biodegradable & other claims aren’t safe

bit.ly/SaferScentedProducts

Neighborhood pin asks, “Would you do that to a man?" Either way, tell your therapist❤️”

Maybe you and "Mother Earth" need a "Would You Do That To A Man?" pin?

Maybe we’d save our planet (and ourselves) more if we called it “Father Earth.” But there’s a catch.

Studies:
-gendered language➡️gender inequity
-87% women bullied

More/hope: bit.ly/YouNeedHalp

Thanks @owenozier.bsky.social

Sad mattress in nature looking at BEING DUMPED SUCKS

Where to get someone to repair, reuse, or responsibly recycle random stuff:
Not with thrift stores, junk haulers, and recyclers that dump stuff behind your back!

See bit.ly/being-dumped-sucks for that, more responsible groups & how to ask sellers to give you products naked (naked products that is)!

I ❤️ social media! #AprilFools!

Seriously though, what social media platform do you want to connect with me on?

I'm on almost all of them until I decide to only post on Substack or become a hermit :): FunAndDraconian.com/jessian-choy

I'm also at bsky.app/profile/realmsgreen.bsky.social.

Bro in your head: Relax, it’s not going to be that bad!

Your higher self: Well, actually, please go to this Know Your
Rights Workshop because of who you are, what you do, or who you know.

Today, March 20, virtually, @18millionrising.bsky.social
@nonviolentpeaceforce.org

RSVP bit.ly/18MR_NVP1

Customize your pronoun pin. Image: pin with 1980s font that says, "she/her/you all not guys or girls"

You guys, it’s sexist to call women “guys/girls,“ not call men “gals/boys“

Using "guys" for all genders led ppl/ads saying, “let’s hire a guy“ (illegal)

Study: male words led ppl to think only of men

Pin/petition @dictionarycom.bsky.social @merriam-webster.com to redefine guys

bit.ly/try-you-all

BIPOC LGBTQIA flag with text below: Easily tell your federal, state, and local officials what you really think. Protect people targeted by Trump. Take action with IndivisibleGuide.org. Boycott companies enabling Trump. Fund groups litigating against Trump. Get news from Democracy Now, The Guardian, Propublica, more. Encourage union pension funds to divest stock in Tesla, SpaceX.

Asking for a friend😉: What are your tips for a more equitable, green world in these times?

Tips from @rbreich.bsky.social, lawyer who served in Democratic administrations, such as how to easily tell federal/state/local officials what you really think via contact info/scripts) bit.ly/EverythingYo...

If you have fear, imagine merging any drops of it into an ocean of caution.

Another way to be cautious is to protect
personal info of yours/your network's (allies/LGBTQIA people/immigrant families/environmentalists) before you communicate IRL or online.

BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURI…

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you deserve free money for a less toxic fridge, heat pump, or air conditioner with no trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a toxic PFAS.

Some rebates end this year.

You deserve safer policies too.

Collect them all at

bit.ly/TFA-WTF

Lighting incense or🕯candles with certain intentions might actually create change

Guess how to do it in a less toxic way: matches, lighters, or a reusable plastic free keychain?

Answer:Ask me to shed light on less-toxic brands of any product or service

bit.ly/the-green-light

How to shop for therapists this Black Friday!

Whether or not you think you need one, it could be the best gift you give yourself.

They can help with surprising things.

You might feel better seeing one 'cause they’re trained, unlike family, friends, etc

bit.ly/WhatIfWeAllGot…

You could spend Tuesday night in sweaty sandals in this heat wave.

Or come to this free, cool event for all ages featuring youth creating a more equitable, green world!

October 8, Berkeley, California:
- 5:30 PM edutainment
- 7 PM fancy feast ($

BrowerYouthAwards.org

The sustainability movement is up against earworms and jingles from people promoting things that aren’t helping our mental and physical health, or our planet.

Tune them out with songs (and kids books) about actions kids can take.@Sophiebeerdraws

bit.ly/GrowATreehugger

Studies show you can grow a treehugger by:

-Helping kids understand why you invite them to try something

-Humblebragging when you're green

That’s better for kids than letting them do whatever they want, controlling them, or being uninvolved.

bit.ly/GrowATreehugger

Tell me your ways to green a toddler, preschooler, or kid at heart! Good habits start young.

Seefor ways I found:

Songs, books, games, and ecoparenting studies!

Bonus tips in this thread⬇️

bit.ly/GrowATreehugger

How to stop putting toxic things near your vagina:

-Avoid certain people & tampons. The vagina is the most absorbent part of body. New study: Chronic exposure to toxic metals in tampons is linked to dementia/diabetes/cancer.

-Try safer menstrual🩲brands:

sierraclub.org/sierra/ask-ms-…

Ask me about safer, greener ways to grill!

In the meantime, seefor safer tips rather than dangerous misinformation I found.

Thanks again to @SierraClub and @Sierra_Magazine for the opportunity to write this article!

bit.ly/NoGaslitGrill

Break the ice pack waste :

See the only biz I found where you don’t have to buy anything to mail, drop off, or get pickups of ice packs. They'll reuse them.

Find out if dry ice or ice packs are unsustainable even if they’re in paper or plastic.

More⬇️

bit.ly/break-the-ice-…

Sierra Magazine Sierra Magazine. 22,100 likes · 43 talking about this. Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet. Official Facebook page of Sierra magazine.

More bonus tips:

Leakproof underwear: @PeriodAisle (formerly Lunapads) is the only organic incontinence/menstrual🩲tested twice by secret shoppers (yours truly & @Mamavation) to have no toxic PFAS

For more news you might not get anywhere else, follow

Facebook.com/SierraMagazine

How to green a pregnant or postpartum person

Brands:Bonus tips:

Instead of composting nursing bras, sell/donate them through the link's Buy Swap Sell Fb group

In CA's Bay Area, rent pain relief machines/more at @natresbaby (Black woman-led nonprofit

bit.ly/TheirBodyTheir…

See how to🎉party (and live) based on studies on whether people are more inspired to be green IF they:
- See others doing the same
- Get financial incentives
- Set green goals
- Are exposed to data or facts aloneMore tips:

Instagram.com/p/C54SZjSPlVo bit.ly/IPlannedYourPa…