Ashton Lattimore
@ashtonlattimore.bsky.social
award-winning journalist & author of historical fiction (ALL WE WERE PROMISED), former EIC @prismreports.bsky.social, recovered lawyer, train station popcorn connoisseur, uppity about hot cocoa
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Hi new followers! This seems like a good time to introduce myself, so here goes:
I'm Ashton, and I write historical fiction that unearths overlooked historical Black communities and puts brave, complicated women at the center. My first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, came out in April. Next one TBD!
I'm Ashton, and I write historical fiction that unearths overlooked historical Black communities and puts brave, complicated women at the center. My first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, came out in April. Next one TBD!
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but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
May 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine
Somewhere around 1am last night, when I was combing Zillow's aerial view to compare roofline shapes with a "Coming Soon" teaser photo a realtor posted for a house in a neighborhood we like, I started to think ... maybe house-hunting *isn't* having the best effect on my mental health! 🫠
May 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Somewhere around 1am last night, when I was combing Zillow's aerial view to compare roofline shapes with a "Coming Soon" teaser photo a realtor posted for a house in a neighborhood we like, I started to think ... maybe house-hunting *isn't* having the best effect on my mental health! 🫠
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I'm glad they did this and better late than never. But it would have been nice is this spine evolved when a racist mob came for the university's first Black woman president.
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm glad they did this and better late than never. But it would have been nice is this spine evolved when a racist mob came for the university's first Black woman president.
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Write Now Philly has published an interview with @ashtonlattimore.bsky.social about her novel All We Were Promised. I’m happy that our student-interns get to talk to such interesting Philadelphia-area writers.
writenowphilly.com/ashton-latti...
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Ashton Lattimore on her debut novel All We Were Promised - Write Now Philly
Ashton Lattimore is an author, award winning journalist, and former lawyer. Her debut novel, All We Were Promised, follows the lives of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Lattimore...
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April 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Write Now Philly has published an interview with @ashtonlattimore.bsky.social about her novel All We Were Promised. I’m happy that our student-interns get to talk to such interesting Philadelphia-area writers.
writenowphilly.com/ashton-latti...
writenowphilly.com/ashton-latti...
If the webpages existed before the term "DEI" was even in effect, seems like these purges might in fact be about something else!
If we're going for accuracy, the headline should be "Amid purge of any content that doesn't solely glorify white men, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser"
If we're going for accuracy, the headline should be "Amid purge of any content that doesn't solely glorify white men, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser"
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If the webpages existed before the term "DEI" was even in effect, seems like these purges might in fact be about something else!
If we're going for accuracy, the headline should be "Amid purge of any content that doesn't solely glorify white men, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser"
If we're going for accuracy, the headline should be "Amid purge of any content that doesn't solely glorify white men, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser"
Apparently a constitutional crisis is like the horizon - always just out ahead, “near,” “looming,” a glittering mirage we can always “approach” but never reach, no matter how many court orders the president brazenly defies.
March 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Apparently a constitutional crisis is like the horizon - always just out ahead, “near,” “looming,” a glittering mirage we can always “approach” but never reach, no matter how many court orders the president brazenly defies.
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It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
The historic Black press and the attempt to criminalize journalists
I've long thought about the potential for U.S. journalists to be jailed in America for doing our jobs. We should remember how the government came after Black journalists in the not-so-distant past.
nicolefcarr.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
Also, it's worth asking whether news headlines should use the word "deport" for this. Deportation is a legal process with multiple steps (you might even call it "due process!"), & if none those steps were taken here then the admin hasn't "deported" anyone. It's perhaps "kidnapped" or "trafficked"!
March 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Also, it's worth asking whether news headlines should use the word "deport" for this. Deportation is a legal process with multiple steps (you might even call it "due process!"), & if none those steps were taken here then the admin hasn't "deported" anyone. It's perhaps "kidnapped" or "trafficked"!
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The closest is this, which is still wildly off base. Presumably the reporter is capable of reading the court order themselves, using their eyes and ears to figure out whether or not the admin complied, and saying so. Instead, we get stenography of the administration going "Nuh uh" and call it news.
March 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The closest is this, which is still wildly off base. Presumably the reporter is capable of reading the court order themselves, using their eyes and ears to figure out whether or not the admin complied, and saying so. Instead, we get stenography of the administration going "Nuh uh" and call it news.
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I literally just had to explain this to my mom, who is a very informed person, because the newspaper is covering it in such a passive and piecemeal way.
Not only deported, but effectively sold into forced labor. It is GRIM.
Not only deported, but effectively sold into forced labor. It is GRIM.
This. I've been waiting all day for a single headline that states "Trump administration deports 300 in violation of court order" - the actual, undisputed facts of the situation. Instead, mainstream outlets have been twisting themselves in knots to avoid just SAYING WHAT HAPPENED.
I also don’t think you can trust most mainstream publications—like say, those owned by billionaires who sat front row at the inauguration—to report on this hellscape with the urgency and language it deserves.
But that is just my opinion.
But that is just my opinion.
March 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I literally just had to explain this to my mom, who is a very informed person, because the newspaper is covering it in such a passive and piecemeal way.
Not only deported, but effectively sold into forced labor. It is GRIM.
Not only deported, but effectively sold into forced labor. It is GRIM.
This. I've been waiting all day for a single headline that states "Trump administration deports 300 in violation of court order" - the actual, undisputed facts of the situation. Instead, mainstream outlets have been twisting themselves in knots to avoid just SAYING WHAT HAPPENED.
I also don’t think you can trust most mainstream publications—like say, those owned by billionaires who sat front row at the inauguration—to report on this hellscape with the urgency and language it deserves.
But that is just my opinion.
But that is just my opinion.
March 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This. I've been waiting all day for a single headline that states "Trump administration deports 300 in violation of court order" - the actual, undisputed facts of the situation. Instead, mainstream outlets have been twisting themselves in knots to avoid just SAYING WHAT HAPPENED.
Love to see Belarus shoved in there for cover, otherwise we'd have to start asking what all these countries have in common. 🤔
Here's the list
March 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Love to see Belarus shoved in there for cover, otherwise we'd have to start asking what all these countries have in common. 🤔
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Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
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Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb
Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a
Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb
Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX
Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g
February 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb
Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a
Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb
Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX
Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g
Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb
Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a
Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb
Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX
Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g
Woke up to nearly 2k new followers. Welcome! Stick around for history nerd-outs, media and journalism talk, bookish things, and very millennial-core pop culture stuff.
I’m curious though, would someone kindly tell me where you suddenly all followed from??
I’m curious though, would someone kindly tell me where you suddenly all followed from??
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Woke up to nearly 2k new followers. Welcome! Stick around for history nerd-outs, media and journalism talk, bookish things, and very millennial-core pop culture stuff.
I’m curious though, would someone kindly tell me where you suddenly all followed from??
I’m curious though, would someone kindly tell me where you suddenly all followed from??
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Hi new followers! This seems like a good time to introduce myself, so here goes:
I'm Ashton, and I write historical fiction that unearths overlooked historical Black communities and puts brave, complicated women at the center. My first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, came out in April. Next one TBD!
I'm Ashton, and I write historical fiction that unearths overlooked historical Black communities and puts brave, complicated women at the center. My first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, came out in April. Next one TBD!
November 14, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Hi new followers! This seems like a good time to introduce myself, so here goes:
I'm Ashton, and I write historical fiction that unearths overlooked historical Black communities and puts brave, complicated women at the center. My first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, came out in April. Next one TBD!
I'm Ashton, and I write historical fiction that unearths overlooked historical Black communities and puts brave, complicated women at the center. My first novel, ALL WE WERE PROMISED, came out in April. Next one TBD!
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RFK’s racist blathering harkens back to the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia where Black people—told we were immune—were asked to care for the perishing and neglected sick. 10% of free Black Philadelphians died.
Bravo to Sen. Alsobrooks for her question.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr
This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr
This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.
January 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
RFK’s racist blathering harkens back to the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia where Black people—told we were immune—were asked to care for the perishing and neglected sick. 10% of free Black Philadelphians died.
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A few words from the Prism team:
This blitz of violent and fascist executive orders starting last night from and into today is meant to seed chaos and create deep fear and utter hopelessness. Media is critical to keeping the relentless deluge of fear spinning. They want your views.
This blitz of violent and fascist executive orders starting last night from and into today is meant to seed chaos and create deep fear and utter hopelessness. Media is critical to keeping the relentless deluge of fear spinning. They want your views.
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A few words from the Prism team:
This blitz of violent and fascist executive orders starting last night from and into today is meant to seed chaos and create deep fear and utter hopelessness. Media is critical to keeping the relentless deluge of fear spinning. They want your views.
This blitz of violent and fascist executive orders starting last night from and into today is meant to seed chaos and create deep fear and utter hopelessness. Media is critical to keeping the relentless deluge of fear spinning. They want your views.
Forgive me for history-nerding on main, but it's hilarious that there's such a clear hierarchy of assassinated presidents & nobody remembers the second-tier guys. Imagine getting elected to the nation's highest office & being murdered, all just to wind up the answer to an obscure trivia question. 😂
January 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Forgive me for history-nerding on main, but it's hilarious that there's such a clear hierarchy of assassinated presidents & nobody remembers the second-tier guys. Imagine getting elected to the nation's highest office & being murdered, all just to wind up the answer to an obscure trivia question. 😂
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I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I don’t want to make a fuckin account to use my toaster. I don’t want to fuckin subscribe to software. I don’t want to create a fuckin profile to watch TV. I don’t want to fuckin register my whatever to unlock whatever. I don’t want to download a fuckin app to access anything. Death to new logins
Bring back paper menus. I shouldn’t have to use my phone just to order at a restaurant.
And on the same note, lemme add a Disney-specific millennial complaint: Bring back paper fast passes at Disney World. Having to be on a screen all day booking ride reservations ruins the vibe!
And on the same note, lemme add a Disney-specific millennial complaint: Bring back paper fast passes at Disney World. Having to be on a screen all day booking ride reservations ruins the vibe!
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Bring back paper menus. I shouldn’t have to use my phone just to order at a restaurant.
And on the same note, lemme add a Disney-specific millennial complaint: Bring back paper fast passes at Disney World. Having to be on a screen all day booking ride reservations ruins the vibe!
And on the same note, lemme add a Disney-specific millennial complaint: Bring back paper fast passes at Disney World. Having to be on a screen all day booking ride reservations ruins the vibe!
So I finally watched The Temptations miniseries over the weekend, & now I'm in the mood for more music-world drama. #BlackSky please hit me with your best miniseries recommendations along the same lines!
FWIW I've already seen The Jacksons: An American Dream (of course) and The New Edition Story.
FWIW I've already seen The Jacksons: An American Dream (of course) and The New Edition Story.
January 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So I finally watched The Temptations miniseries over the weekend, & now I'm in the mood for more music-world drama. #BlackSky please hit me with your best miniseries recommendations along the same lines!
FWIW I've already seen The Jacksons: An American Dream (of course) and The New Edition Story.
FWIW I've already seen The Jacksons: An American Dream (of course) and The New Edition Story.
I'm finally watching the Temptations miniseries like 30 years late, and "Ain't nobody comin to see you OTIS" has to be one of the all-time greatest lines in the history of film. #blacksky
January 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm finally watching the Temptations miniseries like 30 years late, and "Ain't nobody comin to see you OTIS" has to be one of the all-time greatest lines in the history of film. #blacksky
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Thanks to the support of our readers, Prism has gotten to do some incredible work in 2024. Together, we've covered:
-intersectional movements demanding an end to genocide
-surprising links between Planned Parenthood & Raytheon
-groundswell of unionizing efforts growing the labor movement
-and more!
-intersectional movements demanding an end to genocide
-surprising links between Planned Parenthood & Raytheon
-groundswell of unionizing efforts growing the labor movement
-and more!
December 16, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Thanks to the support of our readers, Prism has gotten to do some incredible work in 2024. Together, we've covered:
-intersectional movements demanding an end to genocide
-surprising links between Planned Parenthood & Raytheon
-groundswell of unionizing efforts growing the labor movement
-and more!
-intersectional movements demanding an end to genocide
-surprising links between Planned Parenthood & Raytheon
-groundswell of unionizing efforts growing the labor movement
-and more!
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NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
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December 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs.
Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
www.propublica.org/article/unit...
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