Yell In a War
@jelenawoehr.bsky.social
Writer (Disney, Spotify, that one West Wing spec thread you remember from Twitter) | Endurance Rider | Amateur Unfuckologist | Bug Simp | your real dad | mgmt @ Heroes and Villains 💜💙💗
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Yell In a War
@jelenawoehr.bsky.social
· Jan 20
gonna make a little thread of threads of my threads on understanding/surviving the current sociopolitical moment so that people can just 📌 one thing if they want a place to reread all of these
(I’ve been told they’re useful, scroll past with no ill will if not to you!)
(I’ve been told they’re useful, scroll past with no ill will if not to you!)
if you ask me how I like them apples, I’ll probably tell you I like them a lot because dude, free apples
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
if you ask me how I like them apples, I’ll probably tell you I like them a lot because dude, free apples
today at the gym one of the trainers brought his ~4yo and kiddo first turned to dad and said “DAD! What is her HAIR”
then ran over to me and yelled “K POP DEMON HUNTERS”
I believe this is the largest fashion compliment that age group can bestow
then ran over to me and yelled “K POP DEMON HUNTERS”
I believe this is the largest fashion compliment that age group can bestow
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
today at the gym one of the trainers brought his ~4yo and kiddo first turned to dad and said “DAD! What is her HAIR”
then ran over to me and yelled “K POP DEMON HUNTERS”
I believe this is the largest fashion compliment that age group can bestow
then ran over to me and yelled “K POP DEMON HUNTERS”
I believe this is the largest fashion compliment that age group can bestow
I saw a 126-pound current pro boxer with a bout coming up next week work out today and it’s safe to say I will not be underestimating short kings in the near future 😮💨
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I saw a 126-pound current pro boxer with a bout coming up next week work out today and it’s safe to say I will not be underestimating short kings in the near future 😮💨
for some reason my large hooved son wasn’t very interested in hard work today, can’t figure out why, what could it be
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
for some reason my large hooved son wasn’t very interested in hard work today, can’t figure out why, what could it be
idk if defining “masculine leadership” as “public hangings on the whims of the weirdest guy you ever met” is giving what he thinks it’s giving
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
idk if defining “masculine leadership” as “public hangings on the whims of the weirdest guy you ever met” is giving what he thinks it’s giving
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Here is my rant for the year and The Era:
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Here is my rant for the year and The Era:
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
We need to stop confusing the words “normal” and “common.”
It may seem trivial, but the differences between them are the differences between using stigmatizing language and descriptive language, they’re the whole piñata of difference.
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
a man I haven't spoken to in a decade for REASONS really put his fingers to his keyboard and pasted my email into the BCC box to let me know I can now pre-order his book
they should invent a form of replying to email that slaps the sender
they should invent a form of replying to email that slaps the sender
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
a man I haven't spoken to in a decade for REASONS really put his fingers to his keyboard and pasted my email into the BCC box to let me know I can now pre-order his book
they should invent a form of replying to email that slaps the sender
they should invent a form of replying to email that slaps the sender
On a different but related issue, my Congressional representative @tedlieu.bsky.social has nailed this tone.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
On a different but related issue, my Congressional representative @tedlieu.bsky.social has nailed this tone.
“Democrats need to abandon trans rights to win” is a mirror image of the message that WOULD win:
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“Democrats need to abandon trans rights to win” is a mirror image of the message that WOULD win:
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
“Republicans ran on affordability, then passed the largest tax hike in history and made your healthcare costs triple. Now they’re obsessing over trans people, like they’ve solved all the real problems?”
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since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
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Not mentioned in the Guardian article, but we identified the man behind Mr Deepfakes
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat
Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.
www.bellingcat.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Not mentioned in the Guardian article, but we identified the man behind Mr Deepfakes
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...
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hi i'm a billionaire my company, which will definitely not murder everyone, is named SauronMurdersEveryone Inc after the beloved jrr tolkien character sauron whom i have always admired for his disruptive use of world changing technology and for murdering everyone
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
hi i'm a billionaire my company, which will definitely not murder everyone, is named SauronMurdersEveryone Inc after the beloved jrr tolkien character sauron whom i have always admired for his disruptive use of world changing technology and for murdering everyone
thirst trapping but for hair envy bc my colorist deserves her 💐 for this one
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
thirst trapping but for hair envy bc my colorist deserves her 💐 for this one
I don’t believe in capital punishment except for certain war criminals and whoever chose landlord off-white as the Pantone color of the year
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I don’t believe in capital punishment except for certain war criminals and whoever chose landlord off-white as the Pantone color of the year
noticing cloudflare is down because I can’t play chess at 1 am
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
noticing cloudflare is down because I can’t play chess at 1 am
“everyone you know will one day die” applies to the people you hate, too 🧘🏼♀️
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“everyone you know will one day die” applies to the people you hate, too 🧘🏼♀️
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My orange boy is perfect; he restores my soul
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My orange boy is perfect; he restores my soul
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of blue, I fear no evil, for orange is with me
His hiss and his slorp, they comfort me
He prepares a hairball before me in the presence of guests
My cup runneth over. Please take your paw out of my cup
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This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
I don't doubt this—but it does bug me that em-dashes are used as a heuristic to spot LLM-generated text.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
Fortunately I can point to my 2020 doctoral thesis and show that I was overusing and abusing ems well before el el ems.
The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This is going to sound conspiratorial, but it is serves the LLM techbros for the 'em-dash = AI' lay-belief to persist.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
While em-dashes are diagnostically unreliable, it undermines the legitimacy of real writing/scholarship. And when real can't be discriminated from false, the false can thrive.
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All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
tfw you walk into the mixer and immediately meet someone with the exact same energy
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
tfw you walk into the mixer and immediately meet someone with the exact same energy
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Just checked in with the Santa Cruz city election office .. paperwork isn’t available yet, but I’m planning to run for District 6 City Council.
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Just checked in with the Santa Cruz city election office .. paperwork isn’t available yet, but I’m planning to run for District 6 City Council.
smile if you comb your combover to the right and your daddy loves you
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
smile if you comb your combover to the right and your daddy loves you
he wants Hunter’s BDE so bad and no matter how rich he gets he’ll never have it
even growing the rehab beard to stolen valor our boy
even growing the rehab beard to stolen valor our boy
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
he wants Hunter’s BDE so bad and no matter how rich he gets he’ll never have it
even growing the rehab beard to stolen valor our boy
even growing the rehab beard to stolen valor our boy
this is just me forgetting about the returns part of having a library card
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is just me forgetting about the returns part of having a library card