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Friday: dinner with the Wendling, followed by not enough sleep. That was a problem because...
Saturday: ...I went to the Hands Off protest at the Seattle Center. Highlights:
Am reading: Leviathan Wakes by James Corey. It's the first of The Expanse series. It's easy to see why this was a) popular and b) adapted for TV. It's a page-turner and I'm hooked.
Saturday: ...I went to the Hands Off protest at the Seattle Center. Highlights:
- One speaker said there were 15,000 people in attendance, and I believe it.
- The weather was perfect, and I have a sunburn on the left side of my neck as evidence. (I wore a hat.)
- Elaine Wylie of the Gender Justice League was one of the speakers; I've known her for over twenty years. (She also mentioned that she's single. Ahem.)
- My US Representative, Congresswoman Jayapal, was another speaker. She surely knew that she was expected to talk about all the things Trump & Musk have fucked up, and covering so many of them took real effort.
- The signs? Homemade, mostly unique, and often artful or witty. This was not astroturf.
- Fave speaker? The young man from Common Power.
Am reading: Leviathan Wakes by James Corey. It's the first of The Expanse series. It's easy to see why this was a) popular and b) adapted for TV. It's a page-turner and I'm hooked.
