prep for the date: April 19

[solarbird]

April 5th went really well. Here’s Shoreline News coverage, here’s the Seattle Times front page, here’s Seattle’s KING-5 coverage. I posted a bunch of photos here, here, here, here, here, and here. Also, it was loud, in a good way.

Now we need to build on the momentum. The next national protest – the next April 5th – is weekend after next, April 19th. ETA: 50501 were calling for a national, but watch for local efforts and join up with them – this one may end up being regionally variant.

Local groups are starting to fill out their data, particularly in New England. (It’s the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolution.) But be as ready as possible, and go ahead and reserve the day now.

And if you can make a Tesla Takedown protest before then, do it.

Posted via Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected.

Comments

[conuly]

I see that whoever designed that poster had some opinions on what information is crucial for people to know.

[solarbird]

What, the "(A weekend!)" part?

Don't think they're wrong.

[conuly]

There's a business around here that cleans grout. They have a car that advertises en route: "Nice tiles, ugly grout? (The stuff between the tiles)"

Every time I see it, I think "Yeah, you probably have to say that".

Which is to say, you're right, they're not wrong.

[dewline]

Yeah, you have a point there!

While I'm "here", a bit of linkage to coverage of the Ottawa protest:

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/protest-us-embassy-ottawa

If it's paywalled, please let me know. Also, the Ottawa Citizen is currently owned by Postmedia, which is majority-owned by Chatham Asset Management, a Trump-aligned hedge fund. There do seem to be some limits to how far the owners can go in meddling with the content, at least for now. Several columnists at the various Postmedia-owned papers across Canada still get away with speaking their minds honestly in ways that align with my thinking.