Sorry for going dark fora bit; I've been low on energy and a bit burned out. Lots to catch up on. In the meantime, y'all should be following this thread: bsky.app/profile/anna...

so I made a thing to help with that 😅 advanceblur.com

Looks like the artist fixed that Trump portrait

This doesn't need to be said, but please don't use this service - even if it's cheap or convenient, please wait for an ethical competitor

These are great

Announcing my new app: Advance Blur! Want to anonymize your protest photos and remove identifying metadata? Simply use advanceblur.com to apply "Vance Blurring" to your images!

Please check out /r/ProtestFinderUSA - it's a great resource!

More than 900 people gathered Saturday morning in Lexington for what was billed as a People’s Town Hall. Speakers addressed an empty chair on stage next to a sign that said “Reserved for Congressman Andy Barr.” @jamielucke.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/22/m...

We need more devs for the resistance like this!

Victoria from Olympia, WA is my new favorite person. Skip to 28:30 to hear a little chat between @hartmannreport.com and a caller discussing theblop <3 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I just deduped the listings on theblop.org, and there are STILL 617 (SIX-HUNDRED-SEVENTEEN) upcoming protests on the site 😳😳😳

I'm running low on energy, but theblop's bot has all the energy in the world. If you see a protest flyer that's not listed, please send it in! Text/email image attachments to [email protected] lmk what you'd like to see next on theblop. In the meantime, I'm working on a good joke 😉

Incredible! Keep it up!

I love this meme

So, how should theblop handle cancellations? With Schumer postponing his book tour, I marked all those protests as "CANCELLED?: " Didn't want to just disappear them, but idk if the prefix was the right thing either. Did anyone go to one tonight? How many folks showed up?

Aaand, more new buttons for theblop.org! This time, trying to make it easier to share listings!

Y'all... So many protests, the big list is overflowing! Guess I'm gonna have to clean up some past-dates 😅

@hartmannreport.com Heard you gave theblop.org a shout-out on today's episode. Thanks so much!

To the "not enough protesters" folks: 1. Protests occur simultaneously across our large and sparse nation. It all adds up 2. The US's largest protests haven't exceeded 500k people maybe ever 3. Even 10k+ people requires MONTHS of planning & logistics It's happening. Slow your roll

Oh hey, you can now add protests and events from theblop.org to your calendars!

I love this so much. Do this everywhere.

Can you believe Rise Against wrote this 22 years ago? www.youtube.com/watch?v=He8D...

Hello new community! I love how fast this place is growing. FYI we released a new Indivisible guide with practical steps that folks in red, blue, & purple states can take to fight back. Don't ask for permission - take it, copy it, make it your own, & start organizing. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

this one. this is the one.

Best portmanteaus I've seen today while browsing through protest flyers: - "Lesbertarian" as a political affiliation - "Macaberet" to describe a punk/goth concert

BREAKING: In Recognition of Nationwide Concern Regarding the Future of US Democracy, Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (@cantwell.senate.gov) Announces Strong Stance in Support of "Moon Houses." www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-r...

This is what #TikTok is doing to straight up protest flyer image posts right now. They are hiding them from the #FYP and citing this The easy work around is just posting the info as text in the video but it is bullshit This is why it's so important to meet or make contact with your #local people

#TeslaTakedown this Saturday all over Seattle!

Welcome!

I just noticed that none of the links are showing up on the site! Will fix that shortly. Any other little requests today?

For boycotters: winterboots.co/extension/in...

MmmBLOP, ba duba dop ba Du blop, ba duba dop ba Du blop, ba duba dop ba du Yeah, yeah MmmBLOP, ba duba dop ba Du blop, ba du dop ba Du blop, ba du dop ba du Yeah, yeah www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHoz...

Fellow devs - theblop.org now has raw output from the flyer processor in its JSON "endpoint". Useful for alt text and other parsing! Grab it here. Use it for good! ✊❤️ theblop.org/assets/data/...

Folks not paying attention: "Why aren't Americans protesting?" The (incomplete) list of UPCOMING protests:

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

Yikes. www.reddit.com/r/Spokane/s/...

Just removed duplicate flyers from theblop.org - there are still 268 upcoming events listed across the US on the page! ✊✊✊

🚨Polls are OPEN across Florida.🚨 Today is Election Day for 100+ municipalities across the state. Local elections have a direct impact on our lives — check your local Supervisor of Elections website and make a plan to get out and vote TODAY.

The unlawful detention of Mahmoud Khalil is one of the most extreme threats to free speech in 50 years. Trump is sending a message that people who speak out will be punished — but we have a message for him, too. We'll see you in court.

a #painting inspired by recent acts of protest both around the world and in the US. done in #Micron felt tip #pen, #watercolor #pencil, watercolor paint, and touched up digitally.

Dear 50501 Movement, I’ve created several posters and videos for the April 5th nationwide protest and have sent them to the official emails: [email protected] and [email protected]. Please check it out. Wish could do some help. Thanks for your efforts in defending our DEMOCRACY!

Dear 50501 Movement, I’ve created several posters and videos for the April 5th nationwide protest and have sent them to the official emails: [email protected] and [email protected]. Please check it out. Wish could do some help. Thanks for your efforts in defending our DEMOCRACY!

New OCR backend is up and running! Results are looking much improved so far. I'm not planning to go back and reprocess anything in the list, so please continue to report or ping me to make corrections

Working on improving OCR on theblop.org today, and it's looking promising so far. Event details extracted from the flyers should start being much more accurate once this ships 🎉 Next, better share links, calendar integrations, and support for multiple events per flyer. What else would help?

Someone got them wet after midnight

So many new followers! ♥️ If you have an upcoming protest, you can add it to theblop.org by texting or emailing a pic of a flyer to [email protected] (it ONLY reads images - screenshots of text work too!) Emails and PII of submitters are auto-deleted within 48hr for safety ✊

Anyone looking for a data source for upcoming US protests - I just started publishing theblop's data as JSON at this address. theblop.org/assets/data/... Schema & data normalization is in flux at the moment, so fair warning not to be too strict with parsing and reminder to code defensively :)