The only way that I see for making lasting change is to build mass organizations large enough to fight the systems at the heart of our problems in direct and combative ways.

Black Rose is a group I think exemplifies this model. They put out an article that links resources for people wanting to get started organizing.

https://blackrosefed.org/dont-panic-organize-trump-election/

I’m gonna watch the Some More News crew livestream and drink a lot

When a website uses HTTPS they have a certificate that proves who they are. Your device uses that certificate to encrypt your data so that only that service can decrypt it. The issue is that it’s just a file and anyone can make one. So to determine whether I trust your certificate I need it to be cryptographically signed by someone I already trust. These are the certificate authorities.

If I was a certificate authority that your device trusts then I could create a certificate for any domain and your device would believe me. Meaning I could sit between you and any web service and have you encrypt things with my certificate in a way that lets me decrypt everything before forwarding it to the service and you would never know.