the eagles overhead do not attack _us_, unlike donald trump

#cascadia #cascadiaStrong #protest #protests #nokings

…evangelical christians showing up? that’s new

(taken with explicit permission)

#NoKings #kenmore #casPol #usPol #usPolitics #politics #cascadia #CascadiaStrong #northshore #protest #protests

#kenmore showed some stamina running overtime but I’ve wrapped up for now - next up is #LakeForestPark at 4:30

Get out there!

#northshore #seattle #NoKings #protest #protests #cascadia #CascadiaStrong #casPol #uspol #uspolitics #politics

Couple of crowd shots in Bothell, it's hard to get a good photo of crowd size there - none of these are remotely complete

#bothell #northshore #cascadia #seattle #CascadiaStrong #casPol #usPol #usPolitics #politics #NoKings #protest #protests

@moira Kenmore had a good turnout too!
@robdaemon yes! i have photos higher up and similar LOUD video
@moira I didn't make it to the protest, but I was one of the cars turning off 68th onto 522 west honking and cheering

@robdaemon lake forest park’s still going ^_^

(although admittedly not for much longer xD)

@moira I'm estimating Shoreline at 2000 people. Both sides of Aurora completely lined, significant portions jam packed from 175th to 185th.
@moira wow, wtg Bothell!!

@corbden fucken

KENMORE

turned out. I've literally never seen Kenmore have its own one of these. Kenmore _does_ show up for politics - but at meetings and stuff, not on streets. Kenmore people who want to go to streets join up with Lake Forest Park (if they're on the west side of the lake) or Bothell (if they're on the east), largely because there's no really good place to be seen in Kenmore.

(Kenmore has big gathering places but they're not near the highway. Nobody sees you.)

But this time Kenmore said "fukkit this time we're doing our own too" and they did _pretty well_.

#kenmore #seattle #northshore #cascadia #casPol #CascadiaStrong #uspol #uspolitics #protest #protests #NoKings

@moira wtg Kenmore! I looked for houses in that area for awhile, LFP and Briar too.
@corbden The whole Northshore area has been Relatively Cheap thanks to being kind of in the middle between Seattle and Redmond/Bellevue employers, so while close, kind of less desirable from a commute standpoint. But the transit's good and the bike infrastructure is pretty great, so it's kind of a little semi-secret.
@moira I fell in love with the LFP "mall," I forget what it's called, the bookstore and food court. I accidentally saw Brian Froud do a reading there, went to a gaming fest, just a great place to hang out. Really wanted to live nearby but it didn't work out.
@corbden Lake Forest Park Town Centre and Third Place Commons. Yeah, we're down there all the time for stuff, particularly in the summer, particularly for the farmer's market. It's a quality market.
@moira @corbden am so happy for you all. your reports have been a delight. we need more Sleepytowns to fucking go hard like this. i know it will happen by year’s end.
@moira the actual bible reading christians seem to be stepping up despite the christian fascists' loudness
@scottrossi finally but I’ll take it

@moira

The good ones have always been around, and they outnumber the loudmouth jerks, but guess who the media always amplifies?

@cainmark That has not been my personal experience, and my personal experience has been when I ask them to, they yell at me, demanding how dare I ask them to get involved with politics.

I am glad your experience seems to have been different.

@moira

Sorry you've been around the hateful churches and people instead of the loving and welcoming ones.

#Exvangelicals , as Chrissy Stroop has coined the term, have suffering that sometimes hurts too deep to ever trust the good Christians because too many of the toxic Christians betrayed them.

I hope you have found your found family and the best spiritual or non-spirtitual path for your own life.

We are all unique with varying experiences.