Jen Heller
@mediumheadgirl.bsky.social
Unapologetic AI prompt engineer, occasional writer, and sitcom historian exposing scams and cataloging tropes.
You don't have to join in. I didn't, but you'll never see me shitting on people who did, because shitting on people who do shit in a shit hole run by a shit head who makes videos where he literally shits on people is a shitty thing to do. So shit-can it and cut the shit.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You don't have to join in. I didn't, but you'll never see me shitting on people who did, because shitting on people who do shit in a shit hole run by a shit head who makes videos where he literally shits on people is a shitty thing to do. So shit-can it and cut the shit.
For a lot of us, our only weapon is our presence, so people gather, march, chant, hold signs, take selfies, and say, "This is bullshit," because that is what people do when their government is taken over by wanna-be Nazis.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For a lot of us, our only weapon is our presence, so people gather, march, chant, hold signs, take selfies, and say, "This is bullshit," because that is what people do when their government is taken over by wanna-be Nazis.
Over 5 million people in 2,700 locations across the country just pulled off the biggest one-day protest in US history (source: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...). That's a big fucking deal! Who the hell cares if they just did it for the photo op?
Second "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever*, with 5.0-6.5 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Over 5 million people in 2,700 locations across the country just pulled off the biggest one-day protest in US history (source: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...). That's a big fucking deal! Who the hell cares if they just did it for the photo op?
The fact that today, any schlub with an iPhone can take a selfie and share it with the entire world in an instant doesn't make our protests less effective. If anything, it makes them MORE effective.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The fact that today, any schlub with an iPhone can take a selfie and share it with the entire world in an instant doesn't make our protests less effective. If anything, it makes them MORE effective.
These photos were taken by a marcher named Dr. Darrell Crain, Jr., rheumatologist—not professional photographer or journalist (source: www.bbc.com/news/magazin...), and there are many more out there.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
These photos were taken by a marcher named Dr. Darrell Crain, Jr., rheumatologist—not professional photographer or journalist (source: www.bbc.com/news/magazin...), and there are many more out there.
The people who marched on Washington in 1963 didn't take selfies...because smartphones weren't invented yet. Photography was an expensive hobby back then, but those who could afford cameras definitely took snapshots.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The people who marched on Washington in 1963 didn't take selfies...because smartphones weren't invented yet. Photography was an expensive hobby back then, but those who could afford cameras definitely took snapshots.
I'm no better than you or them—in fact, I'm probably worse than all of you—but I won't sit silently while you criticize my fellow Americans for exercising their first amendment right to peaceably assemble the way their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on did.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm no better than you or them—in fact, I'm probably worse than all of you—but I won't sit silently while you criticize my fellow Americans for exercising their first amendment right to peaceably assemble the way their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on did.
Spare me the moral superiority. You're not better than someone who goes to a rally and takes a selfie just because you prefer to sit at home and complain on social media.
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Spare me the moral superiority. You're not better than someone who goes to a rally and takes a selfie just because you prefer to sit at home and complain on social media.
Plotting a revolution? Forming a well-regulated militia? Storming the capitol? (I seem to recall some people did that, and it was widely regarded as a bad move.)
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Plotting a revolution? Forming a well-regulated militia? Storming the capitol? (I seem to recall some people did that, and it was widely regarded as a bad move.)
When you say people should be "out there" doing the "real work," what do you mean? What exactly should people be doing instead of protesting?
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When you say people should be "out there" doing the "real work," what do you mean? What exactly should people be doing instead of protesting?
Shut up and take my money.
August 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Shut up and take my money.