T Ash
@crewgrrl.bsky.social
Knitter, parent, cook, artist wrangler. ADHD, Depression, trauma survivor. Unabashed feminist & fan. Jewish, Zionist & not sorry. Support class, not front lines.
Also posts from #Hugo finalist @geekcalligraphy.com. She/Her
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Also posts from #Hugo finalist @geekcalligraphy.com. She/Her
https://linktr.ee/terriash
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T Ash
@crewgrrl.bsky.social
· Nov 18
So apparently I’m in a starter pack? Neat!
So for the new folks who only found me here and for everyone who came from Ye Olde Birde Site, an intro and some ground rules.
Rule 1 - this is my living room. That means my word is law and I will brook no disrespect here.
So for the new folks who only found me here and for everyone who came from Ye Olde Birde Site, an intro and some ground rules.
Rule 1 - this is my living room. That means my word is law and I will brook no disrespect here.
I left the intro out, didn’t I.
Well, here goes.
I’m a nearly 40 year old woman with #ADHD and #depression. I am probably best known for salty fandom commentary, running @geekcalligraphy.bsky.social with my best friend, knitting in public, and acerbic commentary on Jews and comics.
Well, here goes.
I’m a nearly 40 year old woman with #ADHD and #depression. I am probably best known for salty fandom commentary, running @geekcalligraphy.bsky.social with my best friend, knitting in public, and acerbic commentary on Jews and comics.
Since we scarpered up to Canada for the actual holiday, we’re having Thanksgiving for Shabbat dinner. Counterclockwise: from bottom right, smoked turketta, roast potatoes, roast sprouts, rosemary focaccia and non dairy pumpkin pie.
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Since we scarpered up to Canada for the actual holiday, we’re having Thanksgiving for Shabbat dinner. Counterclockwise: from bottom right, smoked turketta, roast potatoes, roast sprouts, rosemary focaccia and non dairy pumpkin pie.
I am trapped. Send help.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I am trapped. Send help.
This is an example of well meaning museum exhibit design failure.
At the Museum of Vancouver, in their permanent exhibit on Vancouver in the 1960’s-70’s, they say that hippies reclaimed the “lost art” of home canning.
The art isn’t lost if it’s just fallen out of fashion in affluent urban areas.
At the Museum of Vancouver, in their permanent exhibit on Vancouver in the 1960’s-70’s, they say that hippies reclaimed the “lost art” of home canning.
The art isn’t lost if it’s just fallen out of fashion in affluent urban areas.
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
This is an example of well meaning museum exhibit design failure.
At the Museum of Vancouver, in their permanent exhibit on Vancouver in the 1960’s-70’s, they say that hippies reclaimed the “lost art” of home canning.
The art isn’t lost if it’s just fallen out of fashion in affluent urban areas.
At the Museum of Vancouver, in their permanent exhibit on Vancouver in the 1960’s-70’s, they say that hippies reclaimed the “lost art” of home canning.
The art isn’t lost if it’s just fallen out of fashion in affluent urban areas.
My back is complaining.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
My back is complaining.
Benjamin articulates so clearly what has been irritating me about the allyship/solidarity model of supporting Palestinians in this conflict. There is no right answer, no objectively correct narrative in this conflict that should be centered.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
Benjamin בנימין بنيامين on Instagram: "The allyship model is self-limiting because it only draws and specific and limited group of people. I’m interested in dialogue between Israelis and Palestinian...
107 likes, 13 comments - holylandspeaks on November 26, 2025: "The allyship model is self-limiting because it only draws and specific and limited group of people. I’m interested in dialogue between Is...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Benjamin articulates so clearly what has been irritating me about the allyship/solidarity model of supporting Palestinians in this conflict. There is no right answer, no objectively correct narrative in this conflict that should be centered.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRhSusE...
THIS
People do not actually care about what Jews think re: antisemitism. They want their faves to avoid being called An Antisemite, because being An Antisemite is socially recognized as being a bad thing. But the opinions and lived experience of actual Jews is considered irrelevant to that charge.
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
THIS
Jewish ritual scribal fraud is kind of a minor problem and I can go on about it at length.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Jewish ritual scribal fraud is kind of a minor problem and I can go on about it at length.
I’m pretty sure that one of the reasons that I was able to take up and quit smoking (twice) as easily as I did was that I was self medicating during what I refer to as my insurance interregnum. 1-2 cigarettes a day was basically replacing my meds, though I didn’t know it.
I am genuinely convinced that one of the reasons it used to be thought that most people grew out of ADHD as adults was how common smoking was.
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m pretty sure that one of the reasons that I was able to take up and quit smoking (twice) as easily as I did was that I was self medicating during what I refer to as my insurance interregnum. 1-2 cigarettes a day was basically replacing my meds, though I didn’t know it.
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The biggest problem with Holocaust education is that it’s taught as a historical aberration and that antisemitism ended with it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The biggest problem with Holocaust education is that it’s taught as a historical aberration and that antisemitism ended with it.
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It is entirely possible to avoid antisemitism and be a pro-Palestinian advocate, but as it it is possible to be a hard-line Zionist and avoid Islamophobia, but in both cases these prejudices have been endemic to these communities, and conscientious members need to remain on watch for them.
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It is entirely possible to avoid antisemitism and be a pro-Palestinian advocate, but as it it is possible to be a hard-line Zionist and avoid Islamophobia, but in both cases these prejudices have been endemic to these communities, and conscientious members need to remain on watch for them.
Do you like sweet and creamy black tea? Have I got a late fall trick for you.
Brew your favorite vanilla black tea (I use Harney & Sons decaf vanilla comoro). Add sugar.
Instead of milk/milk alternative, pour in eggnog. I like the fancy stuff in glass bottles, but I’m bougie like that.
Brew your favorite vanilla black tea (I use Harney & Sons decaf vanilla comoro). Add sugar.
Instead of milk/milk alternative, pour in eggnog. I like the fancy stuff in glass bottles, but I’m bougie like that.
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Do you like sweet and creamy black tea? Have I got a late fall trick for you.
Brew your favorite vanilla black tea (I use Harney & Sons decaf vanilla comoro). Add sugar.
Instead of milk/milk alternative, pour in eggnog. I like the fancy stuff in glass bottles, but I’m bougie like that.
Brew your favorite vanilla black tea (I use Harney & Sons decaf vanilla comoro). Add sugar.
Instead of milk/milk alternative, pour in eggnog. I like the fancy stuff in glass bottles, but I’m bougie like that.
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Thank you for reminding me of my annual warning.
Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.
Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Thank you for reminding me of my annual warning.
Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.
Don't support. But also don't harass kettle workers. They're mostly clueless, seeing it as a low-impact way to volunteer. You achieve nothing by stressing them out. Just keep your distance.
I invented a thing. We’ll see how it tastes later.
Behold the babcaccia! Inspired by the hot chocolate focaccia in 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes and the jar of “anytime you have enriched dough you can make babka” dry mix in my pantry. It is non-dairy and smelled pretty damn good baking.
Behold the babcaccia! Inspired by the hot chocolate focaccia in 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes and the jar of “anytime you have enriched dough you can make babka” dry mix in my pantry. It is non-dairy and smelled pretty damn good baking.
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I invented a thing. We’ll see how it tastes later.
Behold the babcaccia! Inspired by the hot chocolate focaccia in 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes and the jar of “anytime you have enriched dough you can make babka” dry mix in my pantry. It is non-dairy and smelled pretty damn good baking.
Behold the babcaccia! Inspired by the hot chocolate focaccia in 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes and the jar of “anytime you have enriched dough you can make babka” dry mix in my pantry. It is non-dairy and smelled pretty damn good baking.
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May I ask for 50 reposts? New York Magazine is a big deal! Thank you Bluesky!
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
May I ask for 50 reposts? New York Magazine is a big deal! Thank you Bluesky!
Monster is very into crochet, specifically amigurumi. So instead of pulling yarn from my stash, she’s starting to build her own. We’re taking advantage of the current Knit Picks sale and she is reading the description of a gray yarn over my shoulder.
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Monster is very into crochet, specifically amigurumi. So instead of pulling yarn from my stash, she’s starting to build her own. We’re taking advantage of the current Knit Picks sale and she is reading the description of a gray yarn over my shoulder.
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
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One of the many obnoxious things about how people discuss Israel is they don't take it as just a place where ordinary people live and do ordinary people things but instead a criminal enterprise where every citizen is a vehicle for geopolitical propaganda & affairs. Israeli existence as conspiracy.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One of the many obnoxious things about how people discuss Israel is they don't take it as just a place where ordinary people live and do ordinary people things but instead a criminal enterprise where every citizen is a vehicle for geopolitical propaganda & affairs. Israeli existence as conspiracy.
As a former ‘old soul’ teenager who dated a man in his twenties, the excuses being given for powerful men to abuse girls younger than I was using technical vocabulary is giving me some kind of feeling.
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As a former ‘old soul’ teenager who dated a man in his twenties, the excuses being given for powerful men to abuse girls younger than I was using technical vocabulary is giving me some kind of feeling.
As always, listen to the workers when they tell you what they want.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As always, listen to the workers when they tell you what they want.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
Question for @travisbaldree.bsky.social - does yesterday’s new book include the story you were reading at Norwescon a couple of years ago? If not, when do we get more of Zyll, the Most Excellent Chaos Goblin?
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Question for @travisbaldree.bsky.social - does yesterday’s new book include the story you were reading at Norwescon a couple of years ago? If not, when do we get more of Zyll, the Most Excellent Chaos Goblin?
I am so godsdamn tired of “takes/does not take AIPAC money” as the new political litmus test. The amount of money they toss around every year is an infinitesimal drop in the bucket compared to even the middleweight players in the lobbying industry.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am so godsdamn tired of “takes/does not take AIPAC money” as the new political litmus test. The amount of money they toss around every year is an infinitesimal drop in the bucket compared to even the middleweight players in the lobbying industry.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Purple Dewdrops on Alien Ferns.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Purple Dewdrops on Alien Ferns.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
Any Harbor in an Ætheric Storm
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Any Harbor in an Ætheric Storm
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
Pleiades As Seen From Mt. Coot-tha
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Pleiades As Seen From Mt. Coot-tha
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.