Current viewing
A BBC 2024 production, mostly in retrospect, with Cassandra Austen, Jane's surviving sister, as the main character. It's well acted and produced, worth a look. Found free on YouTube.
Today's about refraining from buying, and rather giving and sharing.
Here's today's offering on Freecycle
Late edit: now pending pickup
Then something you may not have realized about Air BNB
And then there's always nature. She gives and shares all the time.
I think "MIss Austen" is slated to be shown on PBS too. I've already got it on my watch list! Good to know you recommend it!
ReplyDeleteKeekey Hawes plays Cassandra, and though I usually find her unappealing, here she's very good. Well, they all are.
DeleteKeeley!
DeleteNo buying from American companies here today either. Where is this all headed? I give in to the sadness of this world until I remember…resist!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, doing your bit.
DeleteShare, don't buy day!
ReplyDeleteI will look for Miss Austin.
Have a great day. :)
It's not hard for me, since I rarely buy anything more than necessities, and I Freecycle and give all the time. It's nice to feel virtuous about it though.
DeleteI am resisting today. Last night was a bit of a gut punch since our province reelected a Conservative government. There was a pathetic voter turnout, and the centre-left vote was split between two or even three parties while the Cons are unified.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that. People need to wake up.
DeleteAfraid we're on the other side of the coin when it comes to being happy with the election results last night. Although we're not fans of Doug Ford we are well aware that he's the only person that was in the race that has the ability to stand up to the orange man and fight for us.
ReplyDeleteDid our grocery shop yesterday and managed to only buy Canadian-made goods or, in the case of oranges, ones from overseas rather than the US. Gratifying to see so many people reading labels although it means more congestion in the aisles.
Interesting, I shop in the US and a lot of my items come from outside the US.
DeleteChile and Mexico provide a lot of produce, and I don't like the carbon footprint, but it's not big Ag, it's smaller organic growers, so there's that.
Ford is seen differently here. But we'll see how it goes.
I'm resisting today too. Miss Austen is starting soon on PBS as well (Sundays at 9 but probably after pledge week). It looks lovely and interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou can get it now on YouTube if you urgently need to!
DeleteNot buying today, not going on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteGood!
DeleteNot planning on going anywhere or buying anything. I am curious to see how many people abide by the boycott and what this will bring about? Even if it's baby steps, it's still progress.
ReplyDeleteIt's a symbol. What people can do once they can do again. It's putting people on notice.
DeleteWill the results of no buy be properly investigated, evaluated, reported accurately? Am I cynical to think the information might be suppressed or subverted?
DeleteYou can count on msm being mia. But already pictures of empty stores and parking lots are circulating via indie journalists and platforms. Plenty of exposure without msm, who are rapidly becoming a back number. In both senses.
DeleteHope the Economic blackout is hugely significant.
ReplyDeleteI like Keeley Hawes, and usually like things she appears in, but had to give up on Miss Austen.
Yes, high hopes for the Blackout. I'm still untangling the relationships in Miss Austen. Where Cassandra is introduced as a family friend when I thought she was a relative.
DeleteI will checkout Miss Austen. I deactivated my unused Facebook and Instagram accounts a couple of days ago. No buying happening here, either. I'm happy to see people are avoiding items from the US. Money talks.
ReplyDeleteYes, anything with Z's mark on it never made it into my world.
DeleteNo buying here either and limited social media. Need to try a no buy month...
ReplyDeleteA month would be challenging, but great to do.
DeleteI have never booked an air B and B so I am good.
ReplyDeleteI need to find the freecycle group in this area! I have lots to read ahead of me.
Cathy
I've had very good experience with Freecycle. It seems to attract likeminded people, nice to deal with.
DeleteJust got a bunch of free epub books online today. Love me some low or no spending days. Did go to SB though, so some spending. I'm okay with that! Happy upcycling and no spending! Happy Weekend.
ReplyDeleteI really wanted to like Freecycle. I did. But I'd post something, it would be claimed, and then no one showed up to get the stuff. If you moved on, then people got mad. Now I just post the stuff on Marketplace and take the ad down once the stuff is gone.
ReplyDeleteNo shows have rarely happened to me over the years, but other people do comment on them.
DeleteRemember, mid terms a year from November. Don't quit.
ReplyDeleteThat's a four letter word around here! We're already working toward the midterms.
DeleteNo buying today, although I caught my Mike doing an Amazon order (unusual for us). I was able to cancel it - he can order tomorrow (he can't find the items locally, alas).
ReplyDeleteChris from Boise
Can you use Amazon as a search engine in order to buy directly from the supplier? I've done that.
DeleteI'll check.
DeleteMore than happy to boycott Air BNB for you. Do any of the alternatives make money for billionaires with unelected political roles?
ReplyDeleteGood question. You might want to research that.
DeleteI've just finished Miss Austen. Most enjoyable but very sad.
ReplyDeleteI've been slowly switching to Booking.com for a while, even though I didn't know about Joe Gebbia and Airbnb, but because Airbnb is becoming so expensive, they have nasty algorithms which have driven up prices in most of the places I like to go, also because Booking.com lets you gather badges that give a genuine and useful discount on many properties. . Now I know about Joe Gebbia, I'll think even harder before clicking on their icon.
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