Ashleigh Allen
ashleighallen.bsky.social
Ashleigh Allen
@ashleighallen.bsky.social
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues,
because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

— Maya Angelou
January 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This brings a tear to my eye every single time.
January 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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I genuinely think we should start calling businesses and schools falling to the anti-DEI movement “segregationists” because they are re-segregating. And earlier rounds of segregationists *also* explained their preferred policy in race-neutral terms (“state’s rights” and “freedom of association”).
December 20, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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School shootings don’t have to happen.
School shootings don’t have to happen.
School shootings don’t have to happen.
School shootings don’t have to happen.
School shootings don’t have to happen.
School shootings don’t have to happen.
School shootings don’t have to happen.
December 16, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Schoolkids traumatized by lockdown drills and those who survived actual school shootings were then urged to "tough it out, school shootings are just a thing that happens."
Governor of New York Kathy Hochul has held a therapy session with 175 corporate reps, CEOs to "calm the nerves of the NYC business elite" in wake of Brian Thompson killing; promising state assistance for corporate security to combat "domestic terrorism," per POLITICO.
December 17, 2024 at 12:47 AM
It’s kind of exciting to have a global town square reboot.
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 AM