Sunday, October 19, 2025

No Kings I: Frogs Rule! Soft Power Is Real Power

[more photos in post above, No Kings II

Didja see? The No Kings protests were FULL of inflatable frogs! 
And unicorns, red pandas, axolotls!!!

At my city’s No Kings (100,000 participants!), all of a sudden I was not the only one being ridiculous with toys in public. People were wearing animal pajamas, carrying signs with Muppets (me!), Dr Seuss characters, and other PLAYFUL creations.

I was too exhausted to post last night after the march--I'd been talking to strangers for hours! Turns out Hamilton is still a BIG hit among young women/teenage girls--my sign got a lot of attention, including actual screams of delight!

My Kermit was far from the only Muppet:


And there were lots of Dr. Seuss characters too – – this woman told me AI wrote her Suessian poem. Still, she lettered it and drew—And showed up in the flesh:

There was even another picture of Hamilton:

A slightly more rare wonderful being:


And lots of younger darlings:
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This song for Portland made tears steam down my face—in recognition and gratitude (another AI, damn, but guided by humans—it works for me):

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