A.J. Ash
@ajash.bsky.social
Author/Editor/Elder goth with a massive sugar addiction. she/her #Writer #Editor #Zebra #Disabled #Autistic 🚫DMs unless discussed first!
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Do you remember when most things fit into your laptop because the universal pluggity plug was dang near universal? And now we have dongles
We’re a bunch of dongle havers
Somebody got rich and we got dongles
Can we get a dongle tax credit please
We’re a bunch of dongle havers
Somebody got rich and we got dongles
Can we get a dongle tax credit please
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Do you remember when most things fit into your laptop because the universal pluggity plug was dang near universal? And now we have dongles
We’re a bunch of dongle havers
Somebody got rich and we got dongles
Can we get a dongle tax credit please
We’re a bunch of dongle havers
Somebody got rich and we got dongles
Can we get a dongle tax credit please
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Doctors: Flu Is Airborne So Please Wash Your Testicles
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Doctors: Flu Is Airborne So Please Wash Your Testicles
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The lure of ChatGPT ys conversaciouns wythout any actual dialogue or accountabilitye. A mirrour that doth flatter by offeringe no reflectioun whatsoevir. A google searche that doth kysse up to you.
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The lure of ChatGPT ys conversaciouns wythout any actual dialogue or accountabilitye. A mirrour that doth flatter by offeringe no reflectioun whatsoevir. A google searche that doth kysse up to you.
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EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
EVERYONE GET MORE PASSIONATE AND SELF INDULGENT ABOUT CREATIVITY AND BEING HUMAN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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mfw people do online "activism" through shipping and getting mad about "microaggressions" in fanfiction but doesn't wear a mask in public despite covid NOT being over + it disproportionately harms Black people
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
mfw people do online "activism" through shipping and getting mad about "microaggressions" in fanfiction but doesn't wear a mask in public despite covid NOT being over + it disproportionately harms Black people
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What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What gets me about executives at movie/videogame studios being taken aback at consumer backlash to AI is that they seem genuinely surprised that we like the human beings that make the things that we like
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MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
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For generations people “cut off” parents by moving away and mailing them a card once a year. Travel and long distance phone calls were expensive; distance effectively cut people off w/o being so explicit.
The difference now is that communication is cheap so cutting them off requires being explicit.
The difference now is that communication is cheap so cutting them off requires being explicit.
There's no hard data, so it's impossible to know for sure, but I suspect the number of adult children cutting off their parents isn't significantly higher than it used to be, and what's actually new is that the children are now explaining it in therapy terms rather than simply ceasing contact.
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For generations people “cut off” parents by moving away and mailing them a card once a year. Travel and long distance phone calls were expensive; distance effectively cut people off w/o being so explicit.
The difference now is that communication is cheap so cutting them off requires being explicit.
The difference now is that communication is cheap so cutting them off requires being explicit.
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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I don’t know how else to say this but if you’re watching Heated Rivalry with the expectation of seeing long and involved hockey scenes… you might need to adjust your expectations
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don’t know how else to say this but if you’re watching Heated Rivalry with the expectation of seeing long and involved hockey scenes… you might need to adjust your expectations
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obviously there's more to it. Of course there is. Immerse yourself in poetry, classics, new stuff, the genres you want to write in, whatever. Try new things. Listen to experienced writers (not me), figure out what works. But also, just start.
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
obviously there's more to it. Of course there is. Immerse yourself in poetry, classics, new stuff, the genres you want to write in, whatever. Try new things. Listen to experienced writers (not me), figure out what works. But also, just start.
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"I want to write, but I have no idea what I'm doing."
Great, welcome aboard. You'll fit right in. Here's your membership card.
Great, welcome aboard. You'll fit right in. Here's your membership card.
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"I want to write, but I have no idea what I'm doing."
Great, welcome aboard. You'll fit right in. Here's your membership card.
Great, welcome aboard. You'll fit right in. Here's your membership card.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you decide to spend the entire day reading books and eating cinnamon rolls.
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you decide to spend the entire day reading books and eating cinnamon rolls.
Fan girl gushing incoming:
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fan girl gushing incoming:
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
I just finished Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com.
This is my new favorite book. I didn't know how badly I needed this book in these times of desperation and rage and bullying.
Dogs.
Found family.
Fights against oppression.
Lovely odd characters and scary monster gods.
Yes!
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Being autistic for me means going to the shop to buy one of my favourite products for it not to be In stock and wham my week is absolutely ruined because of this.
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Being autistic for me means going to the shop to buy one of my favourite products for it not to be In stock and wham my week is absolutely ruined because of this.
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I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
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Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
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Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
placeholder art is supposed to look like this. you're supposed to make it in 5 seconds.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
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"it's not fair, all the interesting history has already happened," I said to myself as a kid in the year 2005.
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"it's not fair, all the interesting history has already happened," I said to myself as a kid in the year 2005.
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
Somewhere in the distance, a monkey's paw began twitching and flailing around wildly like it was doing the Jutsu hand signs from Naruto
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America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
America, you do not like home break-ins. But what if selling stolen goods is the way to restart the retail industry?
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Happy second night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate
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Stanford Medicine mice study finds a single signaling pathway in immune cells acts like a switch deciding if the immune system attacks or tolerates cells and this could be flipped to better fight cancers or stop autoimmune attacks.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
Stanford Medicine study identifies immune switch critical to autoimmunity, cancer
A molecule involved in red blood cell production determines whether the immune system attacks or ignores cells in the body via peripheral immune tolerance, Stanford Medicine researchers find.
med.stanford.edu
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Stanford Medicine mice study finds a single signaling pathway in immune cells acts like a switch deciding if the immune system attacks or tolerates cells and this could be flipped to better fight cancers or stop autoimmune attacks.
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
Princess Bride reunion and table read
YouTube video by CoG
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December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We are closing out tonight with a link to enjoy the legendary table read of The Princess Bride.
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle
As long as we stick together we will find our way out of The Pit of Despair.
🖤RIP Rob and Michelle