Yeah, I eel bad, because I was simultaneously thinking: look at all those beautiful children out there protesting (the kids kneeling en masse in LA!), and ALSO, oh my fucking ghod, the transmission rates are going to skyrocket, and Cheeto Benito is going to blame it on the Dems in the blue states and cover it up in the red states.

(-- And also bb protestors, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT WEAR A DISTINCTIVE SHIRT FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL CLOSET. Wear something DARK, or if you can afford the $$$ go in on a group t-shirt WITH A SNAPPY SLOGAN, THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM OUT THERE, so someone can't identify "the person in the red shirt" from the fucken videotape.)

Layering long over short sleeves: always good, because if you get gassed/whatever, you can TAKE OFF THE TOP LAYER.

LOL if there isn't a "101 for bb protesters" on the internet already, the old crusties should write one.

Yeah, social media can both be a blessing (free/cheap way to organize people regardless of location!) and a curse (totally easy for giant media corp/law enforcement to track us now!). I am automatically suspicious of all social media, except DW, so I err on the side of "they'll probably sell us out."

SERIOUSLY, my husband finally got me to use a cell phone (for years and years I had a flip phone so I could call 911 or whatever) and I can listen to music! and text friends! and get weather updates! and blah blah whatever, and then sometimes I look at and I'm all, you would give George Orwell nightmares, you cute little thing.