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There's over 2,000 listed NoKings.org events for the 14th, everywhere except dc. *

Which is amazeballs. It's actually closer to 2200.

Bad enough that the right wing crazies have finally gotten around to noticing there's a distributed protest movement and are acting threatening.

But I'm also seeing a number of states that have activated guard or emergency

And I'm seeing how a couple nights ago a bunch of people got arrested because they were prevented from leaving an area until after curfew.

And so the distributive protest movements have been absolutely remarkably unspicy.

I'm worried that's about to change. Maintain situational awareness and maybe do more of that protest prep than we have had any need for so far.
AltNPS essay on how did it escalate so fast

Meanwhile, also, I'm feeling really guilty for not going out to MayDay tonight since I've managed to stay up till nearly 4 for no apparent reason. And I haven't gotten much at all useful done on the apartment ahead of maintenance. Might still manage to get out to some of DC Joy day, which free DC put together deliberately to be somewhere far away from the parade.

* This is what 50501dc is doing: https://50501dc.com/event/louder-than-lies/

Veterans Rally today at 2EDT on the Mall near Air and Space, so nearest Metros are L'enfant and Archives. It's also live streamed Unite4Veterans.org, and they've got the Dropkick Murphys.

Later today a vigil at WWII. Stuff with Cliff Cash the rest of the weekend, like at FOX 'news' and Heritage. And Non-cooperation training with FreeDC tomorrow.

Later this evening, I just noticed there's celebrating nonmonagamy with World Pride. I think I'm pretty much missing world pride?

Tomorrow, the World Pride parade. 50501 is walking in it. Acro at Franklin Park to watch the parade. I'm sure all sorts of really cool stuff in the evening.

Sunday, some sort of Pride March to the Lincoln.

Here, we will go to Food Bank in an hour ish, not sure for the evening. There's a kink place if you wanted to drive like over an hour and have sweetie be bored and I'm not exactly sure what I was supposed to do.

Tomorrow and Sunday nights I'll be mostly on my own because EverQuest. I do know a couple people in the city, but I think both of them are busy sunday. And borrowing a car I've only driven across town to drive well over an hour feels weird anyway.

We've watched a few episodes of The Last of Us. Last night we watched Constantine.

Wednesday evening into yesterday was very very nice.

There's been a lot of very very nice. Including shower time.

I attended a webinar by one of the people whose research gets us that 3.5% figure for how much of the population on resisting authoritarianism. Just got the recording and additional resources. I feel vindicated in my insistence for the last however many years that divesting oneself of anyone the other side of Center is incredibly unhelpful and one should only do for one's own sanity. Because you need to build Bridges and connections on values.

It's Moon time so there's only so much seducing I'm trying this morning anyway. We will have the house to ourselves for at least part of tomorrow, tomorrow morning at least. Need to figure out what's manageable.

Running out of time. Need to get some coffee into me.