Ashley Cullen
@cleanupartist.bsky.social
I'm a wordsmith. I'm a teen referee. I'm a bread baker. And I do it all for free. Well not really, I charge for the wordsmithing.
@boomboomhiller.bsky.social I just finished your book this weekend I adored it! Hilarious and heartwarming, just like Somebody Somewhere. Thank you for sharing your story of hard work that finally paid off! May your success continue because honestly, I'd love to read another memoir from you!
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@boomboomhiller.bsky.social I just finished your book this weekend I adored it! Hilarious and heartwarming, just like Somebody Somewhere. Thank you for sharing your story of hard work that finally paid off! May your success continue because honestly, I'd love to read another memoir from you!
I know this is very Gen X (or does this promote me up to Boomer?) of me, but why do I have to download an app to track a package? Just give me a dang link to click inside this confirmation email, jeez.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I know this is very Gen X (or does this promote me up to Boomer?) of me, but why do I have to download an app to track a package? Just give me a dang link to click inside this confirmation email, jeez.
Oh my word, I love this analogy! I am now officially referring to myself as a "tier of the hospital gowner". 😂
I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Oh my word, I love this analogy! I am now officially referring to myself as a "tier of the hospital gowner". 😂
At it again. Join us and let’s stay on this winning roll! @tovoters.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At it again. Join us and let’s stay on this winning roll! @tovoters.bsky.social
Self: Ashley, why are my pants always so tight, ugh?!?
Self: Ashley, you just measured cheese for a recipe "with your heart"
Self: Ashley, you just measured cheese for a recipe "with your heart"
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Self: Ashley, why are my pants always so tight, ugh?!?
Self: Ashley, you just measured cheese for a recipe "with your heart"
Self: Ashley, you just measured cheese for a recipe "with your heart"
Perfectly said.
Hear me out but being a billionaire should be super embarrassing. What do you mean you have more
money than you could spend in a thousand lifetimes and you’re using it to build a bunker on a private island and make a giant misinformation machine instead of keeping ppl from starving to death?
money than you could spend in a thousand lifetimes and you’re using it to build a bunker on a private island and make a giant misinformation machine instead of keeping ppl from starving to death?
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Perfectly said.
Every time I watch The Diplomat, I see how bonkers and stressful and tense everything is and that's with experienced professionals who take things seriously! Can't imagine those same scenarios with this current administration. Gotta be a point person in every country for burgers and golden gifts.
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Every time I watch The Diplomat, I see how bonkers and stressful and tense everything is and that's with experienced professionals who take things seriously! Can't imagine those same scenarios with this current administration. Gotta be a point person in every country for burgers and golden gifts.
Was just thinking the same thing this morning! Infuriating.
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Was just thinking the same thing this morning! Infuriating.
Ready for tomorrow!
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Ready for tomorrow!
This is so wonderful. I love to read stuff like this because I get so negative sometimes and feel like everyone is just so terrible. Good reminder, look for the helpers!
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Look For The Helpers: How Chicagoans Are Supporting Their Neighbors Amid ICE Raids
As President Donald Trump deploys federal agents in the city and suburbs, locals are finding ways big and small to help each other. Here's how you can help, too.
blockclubchicago.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is so wonderful. I love to read stuff like this because I get so negative sometimes and feel like everyone is just so terrible. Good reminder, look for the helpers!
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/l...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/l...
Are we starting a betting pool on the number of wars "solved" yet? I swear next year it'll be, I solved WWII and billions and billions of other wars too.
October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Are we starting a betting pool on the number of wars "solved" yet? I swear next year it'll be, I solved WWII and billions and billions of other wars too.
I love this story and the fact that it's just so dang delightful! When's the last time you read a news story, laughed a little, sighed, and then thought, well that is just delightful. It's been a while for me!
Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize
Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize
Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.
www.bbc.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I love this story and the fact that it's just so dang delightful! When's the last time you read a news story, laughed a little, sighed, and then thought, well that is just delightful. It's been a while for me!
Movie and TV writers, if someone is running away from someone or something through the woods, for the love of God, let them run into a tree for once! There's no way I could bob and weave like that and not smack facefirst into something on my way, especially if I was scared!
October 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Movie and TV writers, if someone is running away from someone or something through the woods, for the love of God, let them run into a tree for once! There's no way I could bob and weave like that and not smack facefirst into something on my way, especially if I was scared!
Ok, good cry of the day...shoot stories like this straight into my veins, man! Also, this is my alma mater, so woohoo, Go Pack!
www.heraldsun.com/article31227...
www.heraldsun.com/article31227...
At 58, she’s the oldest but proudest horn player in the NC State marching band
Lois Roegge is a mother of two and a graduate student at NC State, and she dusted off her mellophone to join the Wolfpack band
www.heraldsun.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ok, good cry of the day...shoot stories like this straight into my veins, man! Also, this is my alma mater, so woohoo, Go Pack!
www.heraldsun.com/article31227...
www.heraldsun.com/article31227...
I am very late to the party, but holy shitballs! No wonder Andrea Gibson is so loved and missed. Wow.
September 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I am very late to the party, but holy shitballs! No wonder Andrea Gibson is so loved and missed. Wow.
I need reports on reactions from people from other countries at the UN speech, what in the ding dang world?! I need a foreign version of what in the ding dang world?! Like, that's our leader, help us! Yikes, we know! Can you affirm, please?
September 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I need reports on reactions from people from other countries at the UN speech, what in the ding dang world?! I need a foreign version of what in the ding dang world?! Like, that's our leader, help us! Yikes, we know! Can you affirm, please?
Every time I go to post something or post a reply, this guy pops into my head, like Ashley, nobody needs to know that, nobody cares. Most of the time I listen but eh, sometimes I can't help myself!
September 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Every time I go to post something or post a reply, this guy pops into my head, like Ashley, nobody needs to know that, nobody cares. Most of the time I listen but eh, sometimes I can't help myself!
I’m sorry but no one bites their tongue or lip until it bleeds, writers, unless maybe accidentally. Has anyone ever tried to do that? It hurts!
September 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m sorry but no one bites their tongue or lip until it bleeds, writers, unless maybe accidentally. Has anyone ever tried to do that? It hurts!
Received a compliment on my shirt today and responded with a gracious thank you and did not continue with where I got it and how much it cost and a general backstory of the brand. Kinda proud of myself.
a woman is talking to another woman in a hallway while holding her hands together and says `` growth '' .
Alt: a woman is talking to another woman in a hallway while holding her hands together and says `` growth '' .
media.tenor.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Received a compliment on my shirt today and responded with a gracious thank you and did not continue with where I got it and how much it cost and a general backstory of the brand. Kinda proud of myself.
Just finished @hco96.bsky.social book and wow. Best book I’ve read all year and I read a lot of books! I was not aware of this story and I’m glad I know of it now. Frightening to see similarities with what’s happening in our country now. The courage and determination of the abuelas was inspiring!
August 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just finished @hco96.bsky.social book and wow. Best book I’ve read all year and I read a lot of books! I was not aware of this story and I’m glad I know of it now. Frightening to see similarities with what’s happening in our country now. The courage and determination of the abuelas was inspiring!
New week, new (good) cry. 😭❤️
ISRAEL — “STOP BIBI’S WAR”
GUARDIAN video of hundreds of thousands of Israelis protesting Netanyahu’s war and saying he needs to bring the hostages home
GUARDIAN video of hundreds of thousands of Israelis protesting Netanyahu’s war and saying he needs to bring the hostages home
August 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New week, new (good) cry. 😭❤️
I was trying to think of the best way to fight fascism and I got it! I'm changing my company name!
August 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I was trying to think of the best way to fight fascism and I got it! I'm changing my company name!
Back on it. Join me if you can! Check out @tovoters.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Back on it. Join me if you can! Check out @tovoters.bsky.social
Hell yes. I love the concept of political empathy. Let's be like the Danes!
"The Danes used empathy politically—an action abhorred by right-wing leaders, who have gone so far as to brand it as an enemy and a weakness. But what they are leaving unsaid is that fascism cannot prosper where empathy exists."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.
www.thenation.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hell yes. I love the concept of political empathy. Let's be like the Danes!