Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. And Padres baseball. And the O's, too. GMU alum. I cuss a lot. She/her Anti Fascist. Mid-Atlantic, USA.
Also, it's not that I don't follow back, it just takes me forever to get around to it.
Oh, important PSA for Easter!
You're not too old for an Easter basket!
Even when my brother & I were grown, my Mom made us baskets - nothing crazy, just some fun treats.
And she would hide plastic eggs in the yard and we'd have full contact egg hunts - because it was fun and silly and hilarious.
Bonus if you decide to make your own basket: You can pick EXACTLY what you want.
I also got a bracelet today!
And to everyone that brought snacks to share - that was really nice.
Well, that was weird and annoying.
Got a (real) fraud alert from my bank on a charge from āmasudaneteā for $9.23. Never heard of them, transaction was proactively declined, debit card is canceled and a new one on the way.
I donāt have this card linked anywhere online, and Iāve used it a whole 8 times in the last 6 months - and the only place I wouldnāt have used tap to pay was at an ATM *inside* a PNC bank branch.
How the fuck that number got out into the wild is beyond me.
Another protest in the books. And another great crowd.
One weird 2nd amendment guy wandering about - other than not being a fan of the Virginia legislature, I wasn't sure what his message was, and I don't think he knew either. Everyone just ignored him.
All in all, a good way to spend some time even if it was windy as fuck. Good to be around like minded people.
Now, lunch!
If youāre going out today - safety first! If anything feels off or weird, itās OK to GTFO. There isnāt a prize for getting tear gassed.
Also, contrary to what some may say, you are allowed to enjoy yourself. Itās OK to meet Very Serious Shit with some absurdity and laughter.
And if this is your first time out, I think you will find it fantastically cathartic to find yourself surrounded by folks who are as fed up with this shit as you are.
Well, we've got ground stops at Dulles, National, BWI, Charlottesville-Albemarle, and Richmond International airports.
"Strong smell" at the Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control facility in Warrenton, Virginia.
Good times.
https://wtop.com/local/2026/03/ground-stops-at-all-3-major-dc-area-airports-lead-to-more-delays/
And my brother also got a pack of little Virginia state flags to give out.
Yes, we're taking party favors to a protest.
Yay, we got to Friday!
Good enough workweek, got a bunch of little bugs knocked out and I'm in the home stretch of the first feature of this release cycle, so that's nice.
No Kings tomorrow and I am too knackered to make a new sign, but the last one will be fine - "Fascism Hurts Everyone" still stands.
My brother is doing his with No Kings on one side and attaching the Virginia state flag on the other - "Sic Semper Tyrannis" isn't a threat when it's on the state flag.
Nora Reed 
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