Ashley Chappell
@ashchap.bsky.social
SFF Author, NASA Nerd, Green Advocate, Mother of Cats and all-around weirdo.
And here I thought I still had at least a few weeks before scorpion season started back up.
March 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And here I thought I still had at least a few weeks before scorpion season started back up.
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The government punishing a law firm for defending a client seems like the kind of tyranny we fought a revolution against.
NEW: President Trump moved Tuesday to punish a law firm for providing pro bono legal services to Jack Smith as he prepared to face a potential investigation from the Trump administration.
He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
He is stripping security clearnces and govt funding from the firm. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The government punishing a law firm for defending a client seems like the kind of tyranny we fought a revolution against.
•Monday: federal holiday, so I spent the day preparing for my inevitable unlawful and meritless termination by pouring over my finances.
•Tuesday: higher than usual number of bathroom breaks due to stress-eating about the fresh new socio-political horrors we endure each day.
Who's got Wednesday?
•Tuesday: higher than usual number of bathroom breaks due to stress-eating about the fresh new socio-political horrors we endure each day.
Who's got Wednesday?
February 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
•Monday: federal holiday, so I spent the day preparing for my inevitable unlawful and meritless termination by pouring over my finances.
•Tuesday: higher than usual number of bathroom breaks due to stress-eating about the fresh new socio-political horrors we endure each day.
Who's got Wednesday?
•Tuesday: higher than usual number of bathroom breaks due to stress-eating about the fresh new socio-political horrors we endure each day.
Who's got Wednesday?
I miss the date when the only horrors I worried about were Eldritch.
February 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I miss the date when the only horrors I worried about were Eldritch.
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‘a prominent German politician told me: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.” A senior diplomat said: “It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.” When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: “Yes.”…’ on.ft.com/4b2uPNM
Vance’s real warning to Europe
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America
on.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
‘a prominent German politician told me: “That was a direct assault on European democracy.” A senior diplomat said: “It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.” When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: “Yes.”…’ on.ft.com/4b2uPNM
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
We'll be laying my grandfather to rest on Friday, and today I went through some of my favorite pics of him for the funeral. This one of him walking me down the aisle at my wedding will always make me cry.
February 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We'll be laying my grandfather to rest on Friday, and today I went through some of my favorite pics of him for the funeral. This one of him walking me down the aisle at my wedding will always make me cry.
It's harder to reach, but the whimsy is still there.
February 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It's harder to reach, but the whimsy is still there.
Just got terrible news. Please send your best memes that are guaranteed for a smile no matter what 💜 Here's one of mine to start.
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Just got terrible news. Please send your best memes that are guaranteed for a smile no matter what 💜 Here's one of mine to start.
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Remember when the Journal detailed the security risks of Musk’s conversations with Putin?
Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Remember when the Journal detailed the security risks of Musk’s conversations with Putin?
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
So say the ones who've never suffered.
They want to rip the band-aid off
of wounds they never even bled.
So say the ones who've never suffered.
They want to rip the band-aid off
of wounds they never even bled.
February 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
So say the ones who've never suffered.
They want to rip the band-aid off
of wounds they never even bled.
So say the ones who've never suffered.
They want to rip the band-aid off
of wounds they never even bled.
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hey question, is this bad?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
hey question, is this bad?
This is not disruption.
This is reversion.
They are not "disrupters."
They are devolvers.
These are important distinctions.
This is reversion.
They are not "disrupters."
They are devolvers.
These are important distinctions.
January 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is not disruption.
This is reversion.
They are not "disrupters."
They are devolvers.
These are important distinctions.
This is reversion.
They are not "disrupters."
They are devolvers.
These are important distinctions.
Who else thinks Trent Crimm's hair should have its own casting credit? Those locks are amazing.
#TedLasso
#TedLasso
a man stands in front of a crowd with the words trent crimm the independent written below him
ALT: a man stands in front of a crowd with the words trent crimm the independent written below him
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Who else thinks Trent Crimm's hair should have its own casting credit? Those locks are amazing.
#TedLasso
#TedLasso
I don't know who authorized this national LARP of Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, but I'd like them to quit it, pretty please.
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I don't know who authorized this national LARP of Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE, but I'd like them to quit it, pretty please.
Just checking in - how are my fellow federal employees out there holding up?
Personally, I'm just glad dry January is almost over.
Personally, I'm just glad dry January is almost over.
January 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Just checking in - how are my fellow federal employees out there holding up?
Personally, I'm just glad dry January is almost over.
Personally, I'm just glad dry January is almost over.
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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is how my cat tells me she doesn't support the full time return to the office. My socks will never remain matched again.
January 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is how my cat tells me she doesn't support the full time return to the office. My socks will never remain matched again.
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Stop by the award winning, speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons, if you haven’t already, and check out my new poem—“age of villains”—in the latest issue. Please leave a “like” at the bottom of the poem if you enjoy it. Thanks!
strangehorizons.com/poetry/age-o...
strangehorizons.com/poetry/age-o...
age of villains
surviving / while black / is our superpower / we lift broken down / cars / over our heads / and that’s just a tuesday
strangehorizons.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Stop by the award winning, speculative fiction magazine Strange Horizons, if you haven’t already, and check out my new poem—“age of villains”—in the latest issue. Please leave a “like” at the bottom of the poem if you enjoy it. Thanks!
strangehorizons.com/poetry/age-o...
strangehorizons.com/poetry/age-o...
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka:
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
ICE raids establishment in Newark, detains undocumented residents
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka confirmed in a statement that the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a local establishment in the city.
www.northjersey.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka:
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens.
“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...
Art makes everything 1,000% better.
Prints of “The Unknown”, an OTGW tribute piece are now available in my shop! #art #overthegardenwall #coloredpencil
January 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Art makes everything 1,000% better.
Yes - be mad. But also take action. Help the helpers.
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linktr.ee/transequalit...
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yes - be mad. But also take action. Help the helpers.
linktr.ee/transequalit...
linktr.ee/transequalit...
Can we pretty please have bonus episodes of Ted Lasso to get us through the dark times ahead? They can just be short episodes.
Anything really.
Just the cast standing around chatting while holding puppies and kittens would do.
Anything really.
Just the cast standing around chatting while holding puppies and kittens would do.
January 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Can we pretty please have bonus episodes of Ted Lasso to get us through the dark times ahead? They can just be short episodes.
Anything really.
Just the cast standing around chatting while holding puppies and kittens would do.
Anything really.
Just the cast standing around chatting while holding puppies and kittens would do.
When you're majestic AF and you know it.
January 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
When you're majestic AF and you know it.
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Share & repost friends
January 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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