Ashley C. Ford
@smashfizzle.bsky.social
Author of bestselling memoir,
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
Women & Girls Reporter for Free Press Indiana.
I deserve it all.
https://linktr.ee/SmashFizzle
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If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
For my part, I would say that questioning the framing of some Times stories—for example, the highlighting of Trump’s putative emotions or the foregrounding of what he says (even when, as is often the case, what he says is false)—is not an indication that I want my “views validated.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you think your job is not to tell the truth but to "challenge your audience's assumptions" if the latter is in tension with the former then you're going to end up lying. bsky.app/profile/larr...
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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it. n.pr/4awb0jo
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it. n.pr/4awb0jo
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She can’t keep getting away with this 😭
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
She can’t keep getting away with this 😭
At my job, I’m the lone Capricorn on a team of mostly Virgos.
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
At my job, I’m the lone Capricorn on a team of mostly Virgos.
We need to give Marcia Gay Harden and honorary Emmy.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We need to give Marcia Gay Harden and honorary Emmy.
I don’t get sick very often and I’m a terrible patient. I’m so easily convinced THIS IS THE END when really I’m not used to having a headache and a sore throat at the same time.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I don’t get sick very often and I’m a terrible patient. I’m so easily convinced THIS IS THE END when really I’m not used to having a headache and a sore throat at the same time.
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The Community Love Fund is a guaranteed income program built and run by abolitionist women.
This Program Gives Direct Cash Support to Incarcerated Women
The Community Love Fund is a guaranteed income program built and run by abolitionist women.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Community Love Fund is a guaranteed income program built and run by abolitionist women.
The other night I got my husband to watch a movie I’ve been trying to get him to watch since we met. And just like I told him he would, he loved The Fifth Element.
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The other night I got my husband to watch a movie I’ve been trying to get him to watch since we met. And just like I told him he would, he loved The Fifth Element.
I interviewed this man like…six years ago. The conversation was super awkward, he answered every question like I was trying to trick him into signing a legal document, and he moved like an animatronic. It was odd, and I kept thinking, maybe he should lay down and rest somewhere for a while.
“It was total disorganization,” said one former field producer who had worked for the “Dr. Phil” show and then relocated to Texas to work for Merit Street, who declined to be named out of fear of retribution. www.latimes.com/entertainme...
Dr. Phil was America’s best-known celebrity therapist. How did his media network crash?
The unraveling of Dr. Phil's media venture was a blow to the celebrity therapist who built a reputation as one of the most trusted voices on television. But his fortunes faded amid a dying market for syndicated TV and clashes with a distributor and partner.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I interviewed this man like…six years ago. The conversation was super awkward, he answered every question like I was trying to trick him into signing a legal document, and he moved like an animatronic. It was odd, and I kept thinking, maybe he should lay down and rest somewhere for a while.
I used to think I didn’t like board games or a lot of games really, then I found out that I just don’t like having to learn how to play a game from people who are bad at explaining it. And because some don’t know, you can play a game very well AND be bad at explaining how to play the game.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I used to think I didn’t like board games or a lot of games really, then I found out that I just don’t like having to learn how to play a game from people who are bad at explaining it. And because some don’t know, you can play a game very well AND be bad at explaining how to play the game.
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"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
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Do yourself a favor and read this piece from @smashfizzle.bsky.social, her first for Free Press Indiana. How lucky we are to have her with us! mirrorindy.org/harmony-in-h...
At Harmony in Horses young women and wild mustangs help each other heal
How an equine therapy program in rural Indiana helps girls and wild mustangs learn to trust.
mirrorindy.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this piece from @smashfizzle.bsky.social, her first for Free Press Indiana. How lucky we are to have her with us! mirrorindy.org/harmony-in-h...
Watching my first article for Free Press Indiana evolve under the careful editing and tutelage of @lisarenze.bsky.social affirms my decision to do this work in this place. I hope you’ll check it out. I’m very proud of it 💜
Do yourself a favor and read this piece from @smashfizzle.bsky.social, her first for Free Press Indiana. How lucky we are to have her with us! mirrorindy.org/harmony-in-h...
At Harmony in Horses young women and wild mustangs help each other heal
How an equine therapy program in rural Indiana helps girls and wild mustangs learn to trust.
mirrorindy.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Watching my first article for Free Press Indiana evolve under the careful editing and tutelage of @lisarenze.bsky.social affirms my decision to do this work in this place. I hope you’ll check it out. I’m very proud of it 💜
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A fascinating discussion with @milleridriss.bsky.social on ABC Radio National Breakfast this morning. If you enjoy this discussion, see Cynthia speak in-person at Gleebooks in Sydney this Friday (28 Nov)! Listen here:
'It's a major predictor': New book explores link between misogyny and violent extremism - ABC listen
Gender, misogyny and extremist violence are inextricably linked, according to a new book by renowned extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss. She's currently visiting Australia to promote her book Man…
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A fascinating discussion with @milleridriss.bsky.social on ABC Radio National Breakfast this morning. If you enjoy this discussion, see Cynthia speak in-person at Gleebooks in Sydney this Friday (28 Nov)! Listen here:
This is journalism. *Martin Scorsese looks straight into camera*
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is journalism. *Martin Scorsese looks straight into camera*
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Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Boy oh boy do companies love to pollute Louisiana. Especially the places where all the Black folks live.
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Boy oh boy do companies love to pollute Louisiana. Especially the places where all the Black folks live.
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You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Seen some conversations about recent big movies and the weight loss of its stars, and I just want to say for the record that Michelle Yeoh has always been bird-boned and super small. And very muscular. She’s a former ballerina and she doesn’t look any different now than she did about six years ago.
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Seen some conversations about recent big movies and the weight loss of its stars, and I just want to say for the record that Michelle Yeoh has always been bird-boned and super small. And very muscular. She’s a former ballerina and she doesn’t look any different now than she did about six years ago.
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?