Ash Wright
@ashwrightwrites.bsky.social
Writer, reader, lover of trashy media. Occasionally I will post reviews of or rants about books, TV, and movies I enjoy. Also cat pictures
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If you wonder why you mainly see 4 and 5 star book reviews on my feed, there's a reason. I'm here to talk about the media I love, not to fight other people about what they love. (Don't get me wrong, there is a place for critical reviews. I'm just choosing not to occupy that space personally.)
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It’s entirely predictable in a really awful way that the tipping point was a white man getting killed.
Not that he should have been killed, or that he didn’t seem like a good person.
But we watched a little kid get used as bait and that wasn’t the tipping point. That’s telling.
Not that he should have been killed, or that he didn’t seem like a good person.
But we watched a little kid get used as bait and that wasn’t the tipping point. That’s telling.
“Republicans need the votes of at least seven Democrats to pass the legislation – and now they don’t have them.”
Alex Pretti’s murder by ICE was the breaking point for Senate Democrats who are now going to use their votes to block a bill to expand ICE’s budget.
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Alex Pretti’s murder by ICE was the breaking point for Senate Democrats who are now going to use their votes to block a bill to expand ICE’s budget.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
It’s entirely predictable in a really awful way that the tipping point was a white man getting killed.
Not that he should have been killed, or that he didn’t seem like a good person.
But we watched a little kid get used as bait and that wasn’t the tipping point. That’s telling.
Not that he should have been killed, or that he didn’t seem like a good person.
But we watched a little kid get used as bait and that wasn’t the tipping point. That’s telling.
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DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS
DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET
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It's not all bad news, folks
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
It's not all bad news, folks
I put my foot down halfway on and halfway off a curb and broke a bone in my foot.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I put my foot down halfway on and halfway off a curb and broke a bone in my foot.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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every time i read about the insane perverts attempting to gain access to daycare centers by force I think about this review for a dojo that I read ages ago. no, you are not entitled to places just because you want to go there. grow up
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
every time i read about the insane perverts attempting to gain access to daycare centers by force I think about this review for a dojo that I read ages ago. no, you are not entitled to places just because you want to go there. grow up
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AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
January 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
AI cannot take accountability. AI cannot be “sorry.”
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
You have no control over the outputs of AI if you did not make it yourself, train it on very specific data sets, and create extremely rigorous control methods. Even then the safeguards are limited.
The creators must be held accountable
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The reason that some men think AI can “apologize” is because they don’t see actually feeling sorry they did the thing in the first place as important. Pay attention to who is telling on themselves here.
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The reason that some men think AI can “apologize” is because they don’t see actually feeling sorry they did the thing in the first place as important. Pay attention to who is telling on themselves here.
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Potato soup with mushroom Better Than Bouillon, onion, celery, carrots, spinach, and leftover Christmas ham. 😋
December 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Potato soup with mushroom Better Than Bouillon, onion, celery, carrots, spinach, and leftover Christmas ham. 😋
My sourdough starter, Shilo is still flourishing. She's had three babies that are also still going strong: Beulah, Kayden, and Spock. (My only condition when giving out pieces of my starter is you must name them and you must tell me the name.) Spock has apparently had many babies. 😆
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My sourdough starter, Shilo is still flourishing. She's had three babies that are also still going strong: Beulah, Kayden, and Spock. (My only condition when giving out pieces of my starter is you must name them and you must tell me the name.) Spock has apparently had many babies. 😆
Reached my Goodreads goal of reading 50 books this year! I might still be able to knock out one or two more before New Years, but even if I don't, I'm glad to have hit that target.
💙📚
💙📚
December 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reached my Goodreads goal of reading 50 books this year! I might still be able to knock out one or two more before New Years, but even if I don't, I'm glad to have hit that target.
💙📚
💙📚
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An easy way to explain this:
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An easy way to explain this:
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
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people always laugh when bears run away from housecats because they're so much bigger but like. imagine you were in the woods & you ran into a weird little guy that looks kinda like you but like 1/5th the size & his head is shaped weird & he is running toward you full tilt yelling. what would you do
December 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
people always laugh when bears run away from housecats because they're so much bigger but like. imagine you were in the woods & you ran into a weird little guy that looks kinda like you but like 1/5th the size & his head is shaped weird & he is running toward you full tilt yelling. what would you do
Violent Night is a far better movie than it has any right to be.
December 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Violent Night is a far better movie than it has any right to be.
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I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
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Something I wish we were currently better at grasping is that sometimes bad characters will do bad things. Not every villain has to be a rapist who eats baked babies, but they will be racists, bigots, assholes, and violent bastards you want to see lose. That doesn't mean I, the author, agree.
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Something I wish we were currently better at grasping is that sometimes bad characters will do bad things. Not every villain has to be a rapist who eats baked babies, but they will be racists, bigots, assholes, and violent bastards you want to see lose. That doesn't mean I, the author, agree.
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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I want to scream this from the rooftops. I'm so tired of this "Girls mature faster" bullshit mythology being spewed even by intelligent people. And we all know why people WANT to believe it...yet people clutch their pearls about monsters like Epstein and Trump. It's ALL connected.
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I want to scream this from the rooftops. I'm so tired of this "Girls mature faster" bullshit mythology being spewed even by intelligent people. And we all know why people WANT to believe it...yet people clutch their pearls about monsters like Epstein and Trump. It's ALL connected.
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Get a heated toilet seat they said.
It's the best thing ever they said.
#FridayVibes 😼
#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
It's the best thing ever they said.
#FridayVibes 😼
#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
December 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Get a heated toilet seat they said.
It's the best thing ever they said.
#FridayVibes 😼
#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
It's the best thing ever they said.
#FridayVibes 😼
#Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
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Diving back into The Vampire Chronicles. I'd almost forgotten how hard Ann Rice retconned the Lestat that appears in Interview With The Vampire.
The Vampire Lestat should have been titled Why You Shouldn’t Let Your Ex Boyfriend Write Your Biography.
The Vampire Lestat should have been titled Why You Shouldn’t Let Your Ex Boyfriend Write Your Biography.
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Diving back into The Vampire Chronicles. I'd almost forgotten how hard Ann Rice retconned the Lestat that appears in Interview With The Vampire.
The Vampire Lestat should have been titled Why You Shouldn’t Let Your Ex Boyfriend Write Your Biography.
The Vampire Lestat should have been titled Why You Shouldn’t Let Your Ex Boyfriend Write Your Biography.
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The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
500 Muppets: There goes Mr Asshole! There Goes Mr Bitch!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/bafkreidpnqgypmc6oppofjfzndjgcuxavuzord76sblkc32n6opdjmyadm@jpeg)
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization