i think somebody dropped something

Good turnout in Bothell for Saturday’s protest

Pretty good turnout in Bothell, counter had over 600 which is a good number given the rain in the morning and the unavoidable timing against Easter. It’s not what we had two weeks ago, but again, conflicts and worse conditions. Still a bit larger than the 2018-era protests, so I’d call that another win.

There were still people on the far downtown bridge, too. There were just gaps in the crowd between us and them.

I’d post pics but I totally forgot my phone, oops. And I actually did, not “lol no phone oops” did.

There was one (1) counter-protestor/heckler on the ground; he didn’t like my “NO KINGS” signs at all and started ranting about how Biden was the real “king” they got rid of. He didn’t have a sign himself and stayed pretty far back; I came across him accidentally while walking around testing our FRS radio range.

(As an aside: FRS handheld radios are f’real, team. Consider getting some and getting practice with them. No license needed, they’re channelised so can’t be used against you as “police scanners,” the range is shockingly good, and even with prices going up they’re super affordable. Ignore the only review on that Best Buy link; those are the exact model we bought. If you want to spend a little more you can get the T30 version, which has a headset and I think is rechargeable, but is otherwise pretty much the same radio and only comes in black. We specifically wanted replaceable batteries for extended-blackout reasons. Just remember: they are NOT private. Just relatively obscure.)

As with every other protest here, we had overwhelming support from the vehicle crowd. Hundreds to one in favour, easily, just like in person. I even got support from a presumably embarrassed Tesla driver.

I don’t know if there were more Bothell PD out this time, or if it just felt like there were. Might’ve been a difference in crowd to cop ratio, might’ve just been the escalating situation, might’ve just been where they were standing. But I wasn’t the only one who noticed.

Keep on your toes. Even here, the cops are Trump’s friends.

Anyway, that’s it for this week’s report, I hope your protests went well. Remember to save the date for May 1st, and to turn out at your local Tesla Takedown or similar before then, too. Momentum is everything, and we need to keep it.

Pretty good turnout in Bothell, counter had over 600 which is a good number given the rain in the morning and the unavoidable timing against Easter.

I'd post pics but I totally forgot my phone oops

There was one (1) counter-protestor/heckler. He didn't like my "NO KINGS" signs at all. He didn't have a sign himself and stayed pretty far back; I came across him accidentally while walking around testing our FRS radio range.

(FRS handheld radios are f'real team. No license needed, they're channelised so can't be used against you as "police scanners," the range is shockingly good, and even with prices going up they're super affordable. E.g. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/midland-t10x3m-multi-color-pack-x-talker-two-way-radio-mutli/6581781.p?skuId=6581781 )

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What I saw on my morning walk. #WestVancouver #northshore #BritishColumbia #Canada

Closing alert -- Unity Victuals in Danvers has closed. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/04/unity-victuals-in-danvers-has-closed.html

woah, BIG lightning flashed across the sky outside our windows, around 1km away based on the thunder? maybe a bit more? definitely over northshore.

Closing alert -- Grecian Diner in Peabody has closed. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/04/grecian-diner-in-peabody-has-closed.html

Update -- Jade's Restaurant in Peabody remains open after announcement of its closure. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/03/jades-restaurant-in-peabody-is-closing.html

enjoy a short video of a lovely wet side cascadian spring day

listen to the rain and the birds

i love this, for reals

also this time i actually managed to run into @avhn and @attoparsec - albeit in front of the costco after leaving, but that's still basically there. xD

that cargo bike of fishy's is quite the identifier, it's how I spotted him

eta: see replies for the bike I was talking about xD

sorry I didn't toot more from shoreline - the bothell protest's overloading the cell towers really did a number on my phone's battery and I was down under 10%

one interesting note from shoreline: people in cars on aurora (in both my experience and those of others including my friend Sarah) were almost 100% onboard. people on the other highway crossing aurora (NE 205/State Highway 104) were still overwhelmingly in support but antis were MUCH more present.

(and which I say "much more" I still mean like "under 5% of people making noise" but that's still much more than "almost no one.")

I heard a very incomplete count of 825 from a reliable source who heard an official counting through the crowd near her. it was at least 1000.

starting to thin out as the official time passes - it ended 15 minutes ago - but still loud

now _that_ is a big flag.

seen a few cascadian flags around too. some ukraine and canada and double us-canada flags as well.

on the bridge

p. far

the bridge behind me is filling up too