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UpInArms

(52,658 posts) Sun Apr 20, 2025, 02:44 PM Apr 20

Mother Jones: We Asked You to Share Protest Photos. Wow, You Delivered.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/protest-photos-audience-april-19-50501/

This weekend, national protests broke out once again to demand an end to creeping authoritarianism and to defend the rule of law—sparked by the chaotic opening months of the Trump administration, defined by the flouting of judicial authority, executive overreach, and a subservient Congress. You can find a wrap-up of those protests, organized under the banner “50501”—meaning “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day”—here.

Over on Bluesky, we asked readers to share their own images from wherever they showed up, and we were flooded with responses, from tiny towns and a highway overpass, to sprawling cities—all forming a vivid, grassroots tapestry of resistance.

Followed by lots of pics from all over!

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Mother Jones: We Asked You to Share Protest Photos. Wow, You Delivered. (Original Post) UpInArms Apr 20 OP

K&R Solly Mack Apr 20 #1

BEST sign: "I Bet Canada Feels Like They're Living Above a Meth Lab" n/t TygrBright Apr 20 #2

That's a Robin Williams line from 20 years ago SCantiGOP Apr 20 #5

These days I wouldn't go to a protest without a faraday bag. pecosbob Apr 20 #3

I was at one 2 weeks ago UpInArms Apr 20 #4

It might be a good idea to have a burner phone markodochartaigh Apr 20 #7

What's a faraday bag? ariadne0614 Apr 20 #8

A bag made to prevent your phone or other electronic device from being tracked. pecosbob Apr 20 #9

Thank you for taking time to answer my question. n/t ariadne0614 Monday #10

Simplest is a sheet of aluminum foil folded a few times to make a simple "folder" or pouch to slip the phone into. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #11

Thanks! ariadne0614 Wednesday #12

KnR. n/t iluvtennis Apr 20 #6

Solly Mack

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1. K&R

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 03:24 PM

Apr 20

TygrBright

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2. BEST sign: "I Bet Canada Feels Like They're Living Above a Meth Lab" n/t

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:01 PM

Apr 20

SCantiGOP

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5. That's a Robin Williams line from 20 years ago

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:19 PM

Apr 20

He said that Canada was like a really nice apartment that had a meth lab in the apartment below them.

pecosbob

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3. These days I wouldn't go to a protest without a faraday bag.

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:17 PM

Apr 20

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They're watching us.

Link...ACLU tips for protest safety

UpInArms

(52,658 posts)

4. I was at one 2 weeks ago

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:19 PM

Apr 20

Carrying my sign:

My father fought the Nazis

And so will I

Next time, I will will wear my dad’s suit coat with all his patches

markodochartaigh

(2,707 posts)

7. It might be a good idea to have a burner phone

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 05:42 PM

Apr 20

with nothing political on it, and not connected to any personal accounts with anything political, just in case you are stopped at a protest or at the border.

ariadne0614

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8. What's a faraday bag?

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 06:59 PM

Apr 20

I’m getting paranoid about doing searches.

pecosbob

(7,910 posts)

9. A bag made to prevent your phone or other electronic device from being tracked.

Reply to ariadne0614 (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 07:19 PM

Apr 20

A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block some electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material, or in the case of a Faraday cage, by a mesh of such materials. Faraday cages are named after scientist Michael Faraday, who first constructed one in 1836.

-wikipedia