1) So I sent this to one of the congressional caucuses last night, and forwarded it as well to one of the news orgs I had an edress for:

Subject: Furloughed folks Vuvuzela protest Friday 10/18 noon, Capitol grounds area 10 (opposite library of congress)
( I am somewhat silly, but really the subject is all you need. Even if the shutdown is (hopefully) over, some of us will be there. And we have extra vuvuzelae. )