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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Many of you are freaking out because you've done the math and it's going to be very hard to finish that manuscript by New Year's.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Many of you are freaking out because you've done the math and it's going to be very hard to finish that manuscript by New Year's.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
That's okay. It really is.
Targets are to help you get words on the page. No one will know or care that you finish days or weeks after your date.
Just. Keep. Writing.
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So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
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I don't trust anyone who doesn't have a preferred burner on the stove.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I don't trust anyone who doesn't have a preferred burner on the stove.
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@1goodtern.bsky.social:
"It's time to talk about the vax and relax crowd again.
They got their shots, so the virus is now someone else's problem.
But vaccines *reduce* the risks of Covid's long-term harms *without* eliminating them.
The science never said that.
It is just what people chose to hear.
"It's time to talk about the vax and relax crowd again.
They got their shots, so the virus is now someone else's problem.
But vaccines *reduce* the risks of Covid's long-term harms *without* eliminating them.
The science never said that.
It is just what people chose to hear.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@1goodtern.bsky.social:
"It's time to talk about the vax and relax crowd again.
They got their shots, so the virus is now someone else's problem.
But vaccines *reduce* the risks of Covid's long-term harms *without* eliminating them.
The science never said that.
It is just what people chose to hear.
"It's time to talk about the vax and relax crowd again.
They got their shots, so the virus is now someone else's problem.
But vaccines *reduce* the risks of Covid's long-term harms *without* eliminating them.
The science never said that.
It is just what people chose to hear.
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I think we'll die
defying
parody
defying
parody
Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I think we'll die
defying
parody
defying
parody
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Still think some weeks about how Shirley Jackson's bone ash was being gifted to select writers at a convention back in the day.
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Still think some weeks about how Shirley Jackson's bone ash was being gifted to select writers at a convention back in the day.
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BONES ARE FAKE
After finishing the horror novel I Believe in Mister Bones, I've decided to forget the human skeleton exists. That's none of my business.
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BONES ARE FAKE
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Live your life such that a lack of polar bear rug won in a poker game is your only regret.
Times like this I remember the chat with 93yo Kermit McGranahan, when asked if he had any regrets in his life, said “Should taken the polar bear skin rug in that poker game in my 20s. Never got a chance for another.”
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Live your life such that a lack of polar bear rug won in a poker game is your only regret.
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
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The Government sees it as a “moral duty” to cut disability benefits.
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Government sees it as a “moral duty” to cut disability benefits.
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
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To me, Christmas isn't about perfection or consumerism. It's about love and togetherness. It's about bellowing in harmony with the yule moose. It's about pulling wriggling parasites out of Krampus's nose. It's about bringing festive homunculi to life using cursed cranberries and alchemical tinsel.
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
To me, Christmas isn't about perfection or consumerism. It's about love and togetherness. It's about bellowing in harmony with the yule moose. It's about pulling wriggling parasites out of Krampus's nose. It's about bringing festive homunculi to life using cursed cranberries and alchemical tinsel.
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Word!
God I hate how anti-intellectual out times are. I’d rather be sitting here reading interesting books, or learning about astronomy stuff, or making a movie about weird shit - but I gotta spend energy constantly explaining my existence to a world that empathizes more with Nazis then marginalized ppl.
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Word!
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There are more disabled people who are pretending to be healthy so that you don’t judge us or think us incapable than there are healthy people pretending to be disabled. If you find yourself questioning whether someone is really disabled, you’re doing the work of the oppressor. #disability
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
There are more disabled people who are pretending to be healthy so that you don’t judge us or think us incapable than there are healthy people pretending to be disabled. If you find yourself questioning whether someone is really disabled, you’re doing the work of the oppressor. #disability
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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You fool. You FOOL. You've activated my face down trap card. Upon mentioning something related to my characters and world, my card "ancient archives of the banished lore keeper" activates, and I get to say "so, funny thing is..." and regale you with tangents of character and world building facts.
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You fool. You FOOL. You've activated my face down trap card. Upon mentioning something related to my characters and world, my card "ancient archives of the banished lore keeper" activates, and I get to say "so, funny thing is..." and regale you with tangents of character and world building facts.
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As you know, making friends with the local wildlife is an important part of my job as unofficial town sorcerer. Here's a little pic I took of a snowy egret the other day. I thought you might enjoy seeing them.
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
As you know, making friends with the local wildlife is an important part of my job as unofficial town sorcerer. Here's a little pic I took of a snowy egret the other day. I thought you might enjoy seeing them.
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A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.
I’m still thinking about this and it really is one of those “everyone thinks Elon Musk is a genius until he gets involved in your field” moments. I’m gonna be a total bore and think about this seriously, please don’t read on if you don’t care what a landscape architect thinks about this shit… 1/?
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A great thread and applicable to my industry. Friends in the biz ask why I don't want to use AI to shotlist or draft ideas. Because that is *what* I love; the maddening, mysterious, staring into space or the blank page and connecting to creative ideas from the ether. That's the whole f'ing thing.
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A quick mari tonight as quite tired
Her attempt at a Christmas tree I think
Her attempt at a Christmas tree I think
December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A quick mari tonight as quite tired
Her attempt at a Christmas tree I think
Her attempt at a Christmas tree I think
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Pub crawls may be all the rage, I truly believe there could be an immense market for library crawls, bakery crawls, museum crawls, café crawls, bookstore crawls, and greenhouse crawls.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Pub crawls may be all the rage, I truly believe there could be an immense market for library crawls, bakery crawls, museum crawls, café crawls, bookstore crawls, and greenhouse crawls.
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A lot of people really really really do not want to unpack the root causes of anything.
December 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A lot of people really really really do not want to unpack the root causes of anything.
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On #WorldAIDSDay2025, we recognize that the fight to end HIV/AIDS is not over.
While the Trump administration fuels suffering by trying to silence remembrance and by cutting life-saving prevention, treatment, and research, I will not stop fighting for a future free from HIV/AIDS.
While the Trump administration fuels suffering by trying to silence remembrance and by cutting life-saving prevention, treatment, and research, I will not stop fighting for a future free from HIV/AIDS.
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
On #WorldAIDSDay2025, we recognize that the fight to end HIV/AIDS is not over.
While the Trump administration fuels suffering by trying to silence remembrance and by cutting life-saving prevention, treatment, and research, I will not stop fighting for a future free from HIV/AIDS.
While the Trump administration fuels suffering by trying to silence remembrance and by cutting life-saving prevention, treatment, and research, I will not stop fighting for a future free from HIV/AIDS.
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Sheb Wooly. Actor behind the Wilhelm Scream.
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Sheb Wooly. Actor behind the Wilhelm Scream.
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Every word that demeans us, dehumanizes us. So much easier to cast some as undeserving of civil rights.
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Every word that demeans us, dehumanizes us. So much easier to cast some as undeserving of civil rights.
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I named my fists Knit and Purl because you're gonna need stitches.
I named my fists Strummer and Jones because you're be going to be calling out for London
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I named my fists Knit and Purl because you're gonna need stitches.