Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
Disgruntled American ex-pat artist and writer living in Germany. Does not want to hear about the new Superman movie.
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Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Look! Bluesky has made me young again! Thanks for joining me here during my self-expulsion from the Metaverse. Please don't forget my illustrated journal of hilarious angst: thesymptoms.substack.com
People, we survived The Hooters; we can survive this.
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
People, we survived The Hooters; we can survive this.
A toast to Bill McGrath, floundering pedagogue of high school art and personal nemesis. He made me the artist I am today.
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A toast to Bill McGrath, floundering pedagogue of high school art and personal nemesis. He made me the artist I am today.
Child abuse, pure and simple. Witness this inanimate, barely-written cartoon from 1975 and try to square it with the geriatric adolescents in the comments declaring, as always, "This is so much better than any cartoon made today!"
Return to the Planet of the Apes S01E01 Flames of Doom
YouTube video by Zig Zagman
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Child abuse, pure and simple. Witness this inanimate, barely-written cartoon from 1975 and try to square it with the geriatric adolescents in the comments declaring, as always, "This is so much better than any cartoon made today!"
Construction worker across the street takes a break from demolishing graffiti-covered concrete to spread out a plastic tarp for his prayers. Now that’s Wuppertal.
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Construction worker across the street takes a break from demolishing graffiti-covered concrete to spread out a plastic tarp for his prayers. Now that’s Wuppertal.
"White Christmas" is about a longing for home.
Old Vaudeville minstrel numbers like "My Old Kentucky Home" were also about a longing for home.
Therefore, "White Christmas" is racist.
Seriously. It's exactly that idiotic.
Old Vaudeville minstrel numbers like "My Old Kentucky Home" were also about a longing for home.
Therefore, "White Christmas" is racist.
Seriously. It's exactly that idiotic.
The hidden history of 'White Christmas'
The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — despite a complicated and controversial history.
www.npr.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"White Christmas" is about a longing for home.
Old Vaudeville minstrel numbers like "My Old Kentucky Home" were also about a longing for home.
Therefore, "White Christmas" is racist.
Seriously. It's exactly that idiotic.
Old Vaudeville minstrel numbers like "My Old Kentucky Home" were also about a longing for home.
Therefore, "White Christmas" is racist.
Seriously. It's exactly that idiotic.
RIP Rob Reiner, you crazy leftist radical.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
RIP Rob Reiner, you crazy leftist radical.
Nate Silver: “Heather Cox Richardson promotes presumptions about progressivism’s historical righteousness that don’t align with public opinion.”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nate Silver: “Heather Cox Richardson promotes presumptions about progressivism’s historical righteousness that don’t align with public opinion.”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
Music is none of my business.
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Music is none of my business.
You're never going to understand what TIME's Person of the Year choice means, are you?
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You're never going to understand what TIME's Person of the Year choice means, are you?
I’m with Rubio on the font issue. If you soft liberals aren’t going to stand up for Times New Roman, I may have to switch parties.
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m with Rubio on the font issue. If you soft liberals aren’t going to stand up for Times New Roman, I may have to switch parties.
Negativland, circa 1980
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Negativland, circa 1980
Today's Birthday Boy: David Carradine
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today's Birthday Boy: David Carradine
It's Tom Waits' birthday, but I am the only illustrator on Earth who has never drawn a Tom Waits portrait.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's Tom Waits' birthday, but I am the only illustrator on Earth who has never drawn a Tom Waits portrait.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Season’s Greetings from our bunker to yours!
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Season’s Greetings from our bunker to yours!
Achtung, Kinder! Krampus kommt!
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Achtung, Kinder! Krampus kommt!
What if - and just hear me out here - instead of suspected drug traffickers, those boats were full of American English faculty saying, "We've got to learn to adapt to A.I.?"
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What if - and just hear me out here - instead of suspected drug traffickers, those boats were full of American English faculty saying, "We've got to learn to adapt to A.I.?"
Today's Birthday Boy: Zach Trenholm
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today's Birthday Boy: Zach Trenholm
Reposted by Ashley Holt
I’ll say with no exaggeration that these people are the enemy of humanity, the enemy of anything we hold dear or important haaa
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I’ll say with no exaggeration that these people are the enemy of humanity, the enemy of anything we hold dear or important haaa
How about this? If you can't stop saying "like," would you consider editing them all out of your YouTube video?
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
How about this? If you can't stop saying "like," would you consider editing them all out of your YouTube video?
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...