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Natalie Alana Ashton

@natalan.bsky.social

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🚊 connecting disabled communities in the North @transportforall.org.uk. 📚 publishing philosophy on knowledge and social change @ nataliealanaashton.notion.site. don't blame my employer for my views, they begged me to stop skeeting. she/her.

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dead horse @hooved-mammal.bsky.social · 3h

seriously what the fuck

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 1d

i wish i could make the camera on this phone focus, it's never quite there

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 1d

goals

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 1d

i was sick for a few days and im not even going to try and catch up. but here's an #inktober sketch

a line drawing of a man and a young child sitting on a low windowsill. the man has his hands clasped in front of him. the child is resting his chin in his hand, his elbow propped up on the man's knee. they both look bored of waiting. i haven't completely messed up the facial expressions.

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 3d

have you got a stuffy nose or any head cold stuff? sometimes that can make you feel nauseous

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 3d

this is really horrifying

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3d

If Brad Smith is choosing this, that's fine: not the choice I'd make but then again I'm able to communicate so maybe I'd feel differently if I had his limitations

Given Musk's history of lying, I'm very concerned that Brad Smith is not making any choices at all

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 3d

(banging fork-holding fists on the table) "dumplings! dumplings!"

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 4d

"green dressing"

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 4d

i bet they'd let you use it for like 30 days

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 4d

especially if you're putting m&ms in there

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 5d

ouch

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 5d

you're wrong but that's ok

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 5d

last year when i got my winter vaxxes this was on the pharmacist's desk and it didn't make me feel confident

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 6d

we need to bring back the Horrible Histories primary school trick where you describe in detail something done by the nazis, get the audience to agree that it's abhorrent, then reveal that it was actually 'our lads' last week

AJ McCannibalism @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 6d

I actually think it might be interesting to ask some of these flag-shagging freaks to give an account of the First World War as they understand it. Because increasingly it seems to me they don't. 'Lest we forget' has gone from an urgent moral injunction to a smug piety.

AJ McCannibalism @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 6d

At this he became very uncomfortable, I think because he was actually being invited to *think* about the War rather than use it as an excuse for soft, smug 'lest we forget' sentimentality. So he spluttered 'WELL ANYWAY TRUMP WON SO THERE' and slunk off.

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 6d

do they have beer on the menu? they do in austria

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 6d

following a phone call today someone sent me an email with the subject "8/10 meeting" and on reflection this is obviously the date but for a moment i thought it was a rating and my blood ran cold

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 6d

really this is a PSA for dell, but the answer is usually neurodivergence

Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 7d

good for him

Headline which reads "Nobel prizes: Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is 'living his best life' hiking off grid".

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 7d

do! there's an official prompt list if you google it, but it's fine to ignore that, make up your own rules, and get what you want from it

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 7d

his animal ones seem amazing, he should've just stayed away from women i reckon. the horse's expression perfectly captures the threatening and threatened "i will trample you to death if you don't move but only because i can't help it"

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 7d

im not normally a fan of him but you can't argue with five sausage dogs on a colourful rug can you

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 8d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 7d

i missed yesterday, so here's two #inktober drawings today

photo of a sketch pad on my lap, with a line drawing of a person sitting on a wall. the proportions are a bit off but i think you get the feeling that they're hunched over in focus.

close-up of another line drawing. a person in a skirt with a large shoulder bag, standing with her arms folded. again i like the expressiveness of the pose. she looks impatient. but i panicked when trying to detail the face so that's a bit odd. and let's not talk about her knees.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 7d

private eye jobs near me
how do i become a private eye
private eye do you need a college degree
do women really think private eyes are cool
how much does being a private eye pay
private eyes do you have to drink alcohol
private eye cocktail recipes

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