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@ashrowan.design
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they/he 💜🌱 Artist-poet, UU pantheist; chronically & existentially exhausted, yet stubbornly hopeful. Neighbor to Fred Rogers—and you!

https://linktr.ee/ashrowan

#art • #poems • 🚫AI

Icon alt text: selfie of Ash, white bespectacled guy lit by setting sun.
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Ash @ashrowan.design · Jan 15
Hi Bluesky! I’m Ash, a guy who is trans and tired (they/him). Raised Mormon, now my religion is being in awe of the universe. Sometimes I draw, and sometimes I write—my book is called Birds To Bones, and I have a few essays in other collections too: linktr.ee/ashrowan
3x3 grid of images, mostly digital art and one photo. 1: stylized drawing of the artist joyfully holding up a nonbinary flag across their shoulders. 2: sketch of a Stellar’s jay, a crested blue-and-black bird on a branch. 3: side profile sketch of a man with light brown skin, mullety dark-brown hair and thick eyebrows, scowling a bit. 4: sketch of a house finch, a red and brown bird on a branch. 5: selfie of the artist, a white person with short brown hair and round glasses 6: sketch of a magpie, black and white with iridescent tail feathers. 7: somewhat-anthropomorphic platypus and otter in wintery attire, walking together 8: painterly sketch of American kestrel clinging to a branch. 9: Anxiety from Inside Out 2, an orange muppet-like character, tugging at her collar and sweating. four book covers: I Spoke To You With Silence, The Book of Queer Mormon Joy, Beyond Worship, Birds To Bones.
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drmichellelarue.bsky.social
Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.

Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
Weddell seal pup looks into the camera as it lays on the snow
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
ashrowan.design
omgggg I just played my first online match of Kirby Air Riders AND got Dragoon for the first time. what a rush!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.

It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.

Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
ashrowan.design
marriage is really all about picking up the same vocal stims as your partner
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
ashrowan.design
benefits of transitioning: looking in the mirror and saying “hell yeah” 3+ times a day
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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debbshock.blue
happy whatever the fuck day it is
2 panels, David Lynch saying 1. good morning, everyone. It's... 2. What fucking day is it now?
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ashrowan.design
the thing about holidays coming up is that, I am at my capacity already actually! my plate is full! no thank you!!! (but then there will still be holidays anyway)
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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acidlich.bsky.social
What I’ve been trying to point out for years now is that there is a money maker behind this sentiment, invested in it staying set this way. You can’t have billion dollar industry forcing autistic children to mask without scaring everyone about autism first
leftistlawyer.com Sheryl Weikal, still saying Free Palestine @leftistlawyer.com · 2d
I think my biggest problem with the "vaccines cause autism" bullshit is that, even assuming they did (they don't, actually), neurodiversity is...good?

"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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mauraquint.bsky.social
It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!

If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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greybriar.art
Oak, Ash, & Willow
Hemlock, Yew, & Thorn
#birdart #artistonbsky #darkart #masks
A series of drawn realistic bird masks (owl, starling and swan) with botanical elements. A series of drawn realistic bird masks (kingfisher, raven and eagle) with botanical elements.
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
K-Pope Demon Hunters
spavel.bsky.social Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d
I was a ghost, I was alone
어두워진 앞길속에
Given the throne, I didn't know how to believe
I was the queen that I'm meant to be
I lived two lives, tried to play both sides
But I couldn't find my own place
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid, 끝없이 on stage
Pope Leo XIV looks like he's singing into the microphone on front of him.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
ashrowan.design
they should invent a processing + reintegration of previously suppressed emotions that *doesn’t* feel like you’re actively dying! 🤠
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
ashrowan.design
I cannot stop thinking about this 😭 just so, so transparently a grift
maxkozlov.bsky.social Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 4d
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:

- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
ashrowan.design
Pleased to announce that I have won the game of Kirby Air Riders (I unlocked Rick and the cowboy hat)
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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kortizart.bsky.social
Late, but I wanted to jump in on this trend. While I love Fieren, I am deeply inspired by how brave this person was! They went for the hard thing, were curious, made us all rejoice and draw together!

It makes me so happy to see folks gain that artistic curiosity!

So go forth! Rooting for you! 💖
Reddit user SpaceDev1 does fan art of Fieren, in a difficult angle. User is wondering why the angle is kind of weird. Drawing of a silver haired elf looking upwards
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
ashrowan.design
I love you, trans people 💕 holding hands with you across the internet, & sitting with you by candlelight in my mind. I’m glad you’re here. I miss the ones who aren’t.
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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antlervel.vet
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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lalage.bsky.social
difficult angle
portrait of an orange cat looking up. he has a large double chin and not a thought in his head
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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espeon420.smokes.lol
me in my enclosure
A horseshoe crab playing a Nintendo 3ds XL
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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shuyawns.com
🌿 weeds in the garden...?

#b3d #pokemon #art
3d render of chikorita eyeing a sleeping oddish in a large patch of carrots. to the left is another oddish staring at the napping one curiously. on the right, there is an oddish running away from the scene. there are other carrots around the garden, freshly harvested from the garden. a very small oddish is tucked away in the furthermost right corner, peeking at the chaos.
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ashrowan.design
THEY SAID YES I’m so happy
ashrowan.design Ash @ashrowan.design · 14d
do you think my favorite local mexican restaurant would sell me just a quart of their verde sauce :o it’s so good. I always ask for extras so I can use it on other stuff too
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ashrowan.design
solidarity with the toddler at this cold park yelling “WE NEED TO GO TO OUR HOME!!!!”
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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refrag.bsky.social
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Nerdy kid at keyboard: Hi guys, I've noticed that it is International Men's Day today, and I'm confused. Why do we need a day to talk about men? We're not a marginalised group like women, queer people, or people of colour. The media is already full of stories about men. Big buff shirtless dude at keyboard: I'm glad you asked, champ. Whatever your view on men's place in society, it's still true that we face a lot of issues - like social isolation, risk of suicide, health problems, and attitudes towards sex and child rearing. Having a day to talk about those doesn't take away from anyone else's problems. In fact, having a day to talk about them helps us be more mindful, and listen better at other times. Second shirtless buff dude on a couch at his laptop: The chief here is really on to something. I want to echo what he said, and also point out that the idea we should remain silent about our problems actually contributes to a lot of our issues. We are human beings, with human needs. Seeking mutual support and understanding isn't the same thing as placing a burden on others. Especially if we're providing it for each other. Third buff dude at his laptop: Right on, my fellow kings. We've inherited a social legacy of competition and division, and a lot of what makes a man in our era is under question. IMD is a chance for us to examine and rethink what we are together, and build the bonds of solidarity and support that will make a better way possible - like in this meme. Because in our hearts, we're all curious kids and buff guys on keyboards.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM