We we wrote earlier this week, today Wikipedia is going dark as part of a coordinated protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a Congressional measure that would force Internet Service Providers to block foreign domain names accused of hosting illegal content.

If you’re thirsty for useless tidbits of information or really need to finish a research paper, you’re kinda screwed — all Wikipedia entries are re-directing to a site asking that you call your congressional representatives to express your opposition to the measure. (If you want to get around this, just just the Escape button as soon as you see the Wikipedia entry you need.)

If you’re a District resident, though, you know all too well that our delegate in the House doesn’t have any voting privileges (thanks, Republicans!) and we don’t even have any senators to call. As if adding insult to injury, the Wikipedia function that directs you to your congressional representatives based on your zip code faithfully reflects this — “No senators were found for your zip code,” it notes. Sigh.

The silver-lining to not having a specific set of representatives and senators is that we can claim just about any representative or senator as our own. If you feel so inclined, give the Montana delegation a call. Or Texas. Better yet — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) seems to want to give us some budget autonomy, so go ahead and call him so he gets a sense of why maybe D.C. voting rights is a good idea. (He opposes SOPA, though, but give him a ring anyhow.)