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I always stick with the plan. But I almost never share the plan with anyone.

Hong Kong protestors used the phrase "do not split" to mean that the radical protest and peaceful protest arms of the movement should refuse to criticize each other.

Text reading: Yet if the movement is leaderless and anarchic, it isn't chaotic. It has guiding principles that allow participants to self- regulate even as the movement constantly reinvents itself. Among those principles is ("do not split"). Protesters use the expression to say that no one in the movement should condemn or obstruct the actions of fellow protesters they disagree with. People who oppose a given action should sit it out, but not try to prevent it.

Test reading: The use of force, in particular, is a divisive issue. Some insist on the necessity of keeping the protests peaceful, so that they will seem morally legitimate and may gain sympathy from the broader public. Others — especially younger protesters or protesters who consider that the lengthy sit-ins of the Umbrella Movement failed — believe that some measure of force has become necessary; otherwise, the government will simply ignore them.

The “do not split” idea acts as a bridge between these two factions by promoting mutual respect for diverging views within the protest movement.

Saturday

The side of a brick building, painted black. The word "chicago" is painted on the wall in bright rainbow colors which really pop against the painted brick.

A cocktail in a coup on a table: the cocktail is topped with egg white foam and it's dark red at the top, fading to pale pink at the bottom.

A can of Pipeworks Maibock bier sits next to a pint glass full of beer.

An adolescent grey cat is lounging on white and blue blankets. His paws are curled, his ears are up and he's looking up at the camera.

@forensicgarlic A city in New Jersey? An airport? An electronics manufacturing company? A city in Ohio? A city in Delaware?

It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this: If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these bastards from the start.

@Katylou That goat was out of control.

A marble sculpture of a goat. It has wild eyes, a closed mouth grin and curls for days.

@Katylou Lovely

Happy "fully vaccinated and able to congregate in public" day (or as we call it, Dummy Day). We're having Breakfast Martinis (gin, dry vermouth, and orange marmalade).

Two cloudy drinks in stemless cocktail glasses. There is an orange twist sunk in each glass. Sun streams in from a window, turning the leaves of a houseplant golden. Some cilantro in a vase looms over the cocktails.

@Katylou Tonight they took turns. Some nights, they curl up together.

Black cat with big yellow eyes is draped across a blue blanket which covers a person's legs.

@Katylou Already there

A grey cat is looking sleepily at the camera. He is tucked into a blue & white blanket for Caturday.

@Katylou ALSO. Cookies.

@Katylou I like those glasses.

Using some of the dear ingredients for a delightfully rich, deep cocktail: Challenger Deep
1 1⁄2 oz V.S.O.P. cognac
1 oz Mancino Vermouth di Torino Chinato
1 oz Bigallet China China Amer
1⁄4 oz Green Chartreuse
Served with an orange twist (it's there; they just sank)