A.J. Ash
@ajash.bsky.social
Author/Editor/Elder goth with a massive sugar addiction. she/her #Writer #Editor #Zebra #Disabled #Autistic 🚫DMs unless discussed first!
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you decide to spend the entire day reading books and eating cinnamon rolls.
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you decide to spend the entire day reading books and eating cinnamon rolls.
Fan girl gushing incoming:
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fan girl gushing incoming:
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
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Being autistic for me means going to the shop to buy one of my favourite products for it not to be In stock and wham my week is absolutely ruined because of this.
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Being autistic for me means going to the shop to buy one of my favourite products for it not to be In stock and wham my week is absolutely ruined because of this.
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I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
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Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
placeholder art is supposed to look like this. you're supposed to make it in 5 seconds.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
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"it's not fair, all the interesting history has already happened," I said to myself as a kid in the year 2005.
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"it's not fair, all the interesting history has already happened," I said to myself as a kid in the year 2005.
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
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America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
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Stanford Medicine mice study finds a single signaling pathway in immune cells acts like a switch deciding if the immune system attacks or tolerates cells and this could be flipped to better fight cancers or stop autoimmune attacks.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Stanford Medicine study identifies immune switch critical to autoimmunity, cancer
A molecule involved in red blood cell production determines whether the immune system attacks or ignores cells in the body via peripheral immune tolerance, Stanford Medicine researchers find.
med.stanford.edu
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Stanford Medicine mice study finds a single signaling pathway in immune cells acts like a switch deciding if the immune system attacks or tolerates cells and this could be flipped to better fight cancers or stop autoimmune attacks.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
Princess Bride reunion and table read
YouTube video by CoG
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December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
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The same three people in power keep not listening to people with new ideas.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The same three people in power keep not listening to people with new ideas.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
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28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
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Real easy way to honor Rob Reiner is to remember this. The 'courage' part means even when you're scared or when it's hard or when it might cost you something.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Real easy way to honor Rob Reiner is to remember this. The 'courage' part means even when you're scared or when it's hard or when it might cost you something.
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As more and more creators are expected to be on camera to promote their comics, can we talk for a second about how this opens up female creators to intense harassment about their looks?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
December 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
As more and more creators are expected to be on camera to promote their comics, can we talk for a second about how this opens up female creators to intense harassment about their looks?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
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We’re being destroyed mentally and meant to behave as if everything is okay. This leads to a sense of detachment and dissociation from our cultural realities, which makes everything feel dreamlike
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We’re being destroyed mentally and meant to behave as if everything is okay. This leads to a sense of detachment and dissociation from our cultural realities, which makes everything feel dreamlike
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It can’t be said enough that the heart of creativity is the process of creating, not the final product. It‘s the process, the struggle, the change in direction, the finding your way. That is everything. All these ppl slobbering over AI removing the process as if that can make art. It destroys it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It can’t be said enough that the heart of creativity is the process of creating, not the final product. It‘s the process, the struggle, the change in direction, the finding your way. That is everything. All these ppl slobbering over AI removing the process as if that can make art. It destroys it.
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While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Amazon is investing billions of dollars to expand AI, independent bookstores are hosting community events, personally recommending books to readers, and providing a space that is safe and welcoming during a time when we need them most.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
Never underestimate the power of a local bookstore.
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The rhetoric about disabled people, trans people, Muslims, Immigrants, etc… is all part of the same bigotry.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The rhetoric about disabled people, trans people, Muslims, Immigrants, etc… is all part of the same bigotry.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
It’s all part of the same Fascist rhetoric & propaganda.
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I’ve missed the Twitter experience. Over here, when I say hello, nobody responds with “what about black on black crime in Chicago?”
December 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve missed the Twitter experience. Over here, when I say hello, nobody responds with “what about black on black crime in Chicago?”