Ash Hickey آشلي
@ordinaryash.bsky.social
She/Her. Aspiring medical historian with an interest in how respectability/morality is applied to the body/illness. Based in Aotearoa. Harm reduction advocate. Dog lover. Flower afficionado. Knows how to throw together a meal. Shoddy crafter. Hot mess.
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I should have posted this yesterday for World AIDS Day but better late than never. This is Gary McGrath, I did my honours history thesis on the work he did to set up the world's first national needle exchange in NZ in the late 80s. Gary had been living in Melbourne prior to his diagnosis in 1984.
Americans please trust it could be FAR worse. It is OVER for us in New Zealand if our Prime Minister Luxon finds out he can impose his choice of font on the nation. Yes that's blue comic sans #nzpol
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Americans please trust it could be FAR worse. It is OVER for us in New Zealand if our Prime Minister Luxon finds out he can impose his choice of font on the nation. Yes that's blue comic sans #nzpol
Splurged and brought clearance wallpaper to redo my windowless hallway. I HATE my current colour. It's eggshell blue and shows every bit of grime and just looks cold and gross. Only enough paper for half the wall so will paint the top half with something peachy 🍑
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Splurged and brought clearance wallpaper to redo my windowless hallway. I HATE my current colour. It's eggshell blue and shows every bit of grime and just looks cold and gross. Only enough paper for half the wall so will paint the top half with something peachy 🍑
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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I am particularly fond of those times when a poet is compelled by the Spirit of Great Horniness to produce a work just a few hairs shy of pure pornography (Charles Simic)
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I am particularly fond of those times when a poet is compelled by the Spirit of Great Horniness to produce a work just a few hairs shy of pure pornography (Charles Simic)
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OK not going to go into specifics but if you or your kids or anyone else you know works around machinery, especially anything to do with conveyer belts, DO NOT WEAR HOODIES. My partner does a lot of safety stuff and there have been too many near misses he's been called in after the fact to prevent.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
OK not going to go into specifics but if you or your kids or anyone else you know works around machinery, especially anything to do with conveyer belts, DO NOT WEAR HOODIES. My partner does a lot of safety stuff and there have been too many near misses he's been called in after the fact to prevent.
OK not going to go into specifics but if you or your kids or anyone else you know works around machinery, especially anything to do with conveyer belts, DO NOT WEAR HOODIES. My partner does a lot of safety stuff and there have been too many near misses he's been called in after the fact to prevent.
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
OK not going to go into specifics but if you or your kids or anyone else you know works around machinery, especially anything to do with conveyer belts, DO NOT WEAR HOODIES. My partner does a lot of safety stuff and there have been too many near misses he's been called in after the fact to prevent.
"Art is supposed to make you feel something." Mission accomplished. I guess. Not sure what these feelings are. There's a chance this is an entirely new emotion I'm feeling.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Art is supposed to make you feel something." Mission accomplished. I guess. Not sure what these feelings are. There's a chance this is an entirely new emotion I'm feeling.
Shout out to my legend of a rural delivery driver who dropped off two body board sized parcels and sent us a text saying we might want to come check the mail before the kids walked past them on the way to school 🫡
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shout out to my legend of a rural delivery driver who dropped off two body board sized parcels and sent us a text saying we might want to come check the mail before the kids walked past them on the way to school 🫡
Bit pooped today but I put on a cute dress and dragged myself out of the house to post my #secretsantaaonz gift. Was feeling pretty cute and organised until the universe humbled me and flicked a stone into my windshield and cracked it to a "drive home and don't drive again until it's replaced" level
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Bit pooped today but I put on a cute dress and dragged myself out of the house to post my #secretsantaaonz gift. Was feeling pretty cute and organised until the universe humbled me and flicked a stone into my windshield and cracked it to a "drive home and don't drive again until it's replaced" level
My 11yo son has a coldsore on the side of his lip. I've never dealt with one before or known anyone who has (who discussed it with/around me) or come across this on mum social media. What do I do? I'm assuming it's not a doctor/nurse thing. Is over the counter stuff from the pharmacy OK for kids?
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My 11yo son has a coldsore on the side of his lip. I've never dealt with one before or known anyone who has (who discussed it with/around me) or come across this on mum social media. What do I do? I'm assuming it's not a doctor/nurse thing. Is over the counter stuff from the pharmacy OK for kids?
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"I use AI to help me analyse documents. I formulate my own questions."
Girl, chatgpt is not "analysing" anything. What are you up to? #nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Girl, chatgpt is not "analysing" anything. What are you up to? #nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Leary admits ChatGPT email blunder
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary has been caught in a blunder after her list of AI-generated questions "designed to trap" were sent to a political opponent...
www.odt.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
"I use AI to help me analyse documents. I formulate my own questions."
Girl, chatgpt is not "analysing" anything. What are you up to? #nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Girl, chatgpt is not "analysing" anything. What are you up to? #nzpol
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Or LinkedIn 💀
The social media ban covers a surprisingly small number of apps. It's going to drive kids onto bluesky.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Or LinkedIn 💀
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Finished Hine Mere #embroidery #TuiWhakaniko
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Finished Hine Mere #embroidery #TuiWhakaniko
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like, what job do nz media reporters even do these days? because it mostly seems to be "refuse to look at the evidence" and "reprint anything ACT or NZF says verbatim and without challenge"
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
like, what job do nz media reporters even do these days? because it mostly seems to be "refuse to look at the evidence" and "reprint anything ACT or NZF says verbatim and without challenge"
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
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1/ Quick thread for world AIDS day. I don’t know why this memory didn’t come back until now.
My parents divorced in 1978, and my mother found herself a 38 year old single parent of a 2 and a 6 year old. She was a college graduate, but didn’t really have any career prospects.
My parents divorced in 1978, and my mother found herself a 38 year old single parent of a 2 and a 6 year old. She was a college graduate, but didn’t really have any career prospects.
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
1/ Quick thread for world AIDS day. I don’t know why this memory didn’t come back until now.
My parents divorced in 1978, and my mother found herself a 38 year old single parent of a 2 and a 6 year old. She was a college graduate, but didn’t really have any career prospects.
My parents divorced in 1978, and my mother found herself a 38 year old single parent of a 2 and a 6 year old. She was a college graduate, but didn’t really have any career prospects.
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you should teach your kids to evade, if not kill the elf on the shelf.
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
you should teach your kids to evade, if not kill the elf on the shelf.
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Actually, let’s make this interesting!
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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I would love to see a longread on universities paying huge sums to consultancies for work their own faculty could easily do at far lower costs
These fees drive up the cost of tuition, reduce internal resources for research funding, and honestly are demoralizing to the bright minds employed by unis
These fees drive up the cost of tuition, reduce internal resources for research funding, and honestly are demoralizing to the bright minds employed by unis
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I would love to see a longread on universities paying huge sums to consultancies for work their own faculty could easily do at far lower costs
These fees drive up the cost of tuition, reduce internal resources for research funding, and honestly are demoralizing to the bright minds employed by unis
These fees drive up the cost of tuition, reduce internal resources for research funding, and honestly are demoralizing to the bright minds employed by unis
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
The cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about.
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there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
August 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
I should have posted this yesterday for World AIDS Day but better late than never. This is Gary McGrath, I did my honours history thesis on the work he did to set up the world's first national needle exchange in NZ in the late 80s. Gary had been living in Melbourne prior to his diagnosis in 1984.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I should have posted this yesterday for World AIDS Day but better late than never. This is Gary McGrath, I did my honours history thesis on the work he did to set up the world's first national needle exchange in NZ in the late 80s. Gary had been living in Melbourne prior to his diagnosis in 1984.
I regret not moving into the Gordon Wilson flats when I had the chance to in the mid-00s 🥲
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I regret not moving into the Gordon Wilson flats when I had the chance to in the mid-00s 🥲