Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her)
@ashleighloeb.bsky.social
🗣️ Actor, voice artist and vocal coach/performing arts teacher/facilitator.
🐾Owned by an elderly Korat cat called Sushi and a middle-aged Pug/Beagle dog called Sybil.
❤️ Was on S22 E7 First Dates (UK)
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🐾Owned by an elderly Korat cat called Sushi and a middle-aged Pug/Beagle dog called Sybil.
❤️ Was on S22 E7 First Dates (UK)
🏳️🌈✡️
Pinned
Water leak is ongoing and now I have low water pressure since last night. I called Thames Water again & emailed local councillors. Engineers were there last night but not sure what they did and there is at least grit down now.
Upstairs neighbour asked what was going on with it & I filled him in…
Upstairs neighbour asked what was going on with it & I filled him in…
There‘s been a water pipe leak on my street & now it’s become an ice rink. Neighbours are reporting seeing cars skidding and someone go on the ice while Lime bike.
Is there anywhere a Londoner can access something to grit the road with? There’s gonna more roast accidents on our street otherwise.
Is there anywhere a Londoner can access something to grit the road with? There’s gonna more roast accidents on our street otherwise.
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Water leak is ongoing and now I have low water pressure since last night. I called Thames Water again & emailed local councillors. Engineers were there last night but not sure what they did and there is at least grit down now.
Upstairs neighbour asked what was going on with it & I filled him in…
Upstairs neighbour asked what was going on with it & I filled him in…
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Morning cycle, Archway Bridge 🚲
January 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Morning cycle, Archway Bridge 🚲
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"MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
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'The list includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan, racist ex-cop Rick Prior and transphobic ex-prison officer David Toshack. Some individuals donated upwards of £10,000 each to various campaigns.'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
Hack by trans activists exposes 'Free Speech Union' funders
The list of Free Speech Union donors includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan. Some individuals donated upwards of
www.thecanary.co
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
'The list includes those who raised funds to defend transphobe Graham Linehan, racist ex-cop Rick Prior and transphobic ex-prison officer David Toshack. Some individuals donated upwards of £10,000 each to various campaigns.'
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
“Sexual violence machine used to investigate sexual violence”
"Police investigate use of AI to improve evidence in rape trials" [Times]
![Police investigate use of AI to improve evidence in rape trials
David Woode - Crime Editor
Using artificial intelligence in recorded interviews with victims could strengthen rape investigations and spare them unnecessary questions, the chief of Avon and Somerset police has said.
Victims’ accounts were routinely filmed and played to juries as evidencein-chief to reduce their distress, but barristers “feel very unsatisfied with the quality” of police recordings, Sarah Crew said.
The rape charging rate for England and Wales reached 9.3 per cent last year, up by 2.8 percentage points on the previous 12 months. The rape conviction rate was 1.2 percentage points lower in April to June last year compared with the same period in 2024. Avon and Somerset has one of the highest levels for rape reporting.
Crew, 54, said: “AI can make humans more productive. Victim interviews are a good example. [Detectives] could use AI to listen and suggest new questions to ask and help the second interviewer to transcribe. It could lead to better directed investigations and better supported victims because it’s traumatic to relive what has happened.
“Let’s make it relevant and focused and not introduce lots of information that doesn’t need to be there.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreigqcc3pzqzuos7dstoxg6fbe7nwv3hoqdml6mpoytuhockej5l75m@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“Sexual violence machine used to investigate sexual violence”
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
Pic of my grandfather aged 14 w. his beloved dog “Dusky”.
On the back of photo, a dedication to his beloved dog.
I put this photo in a frame as I think it’s so sweet. My grandfather is now aged 93.
On the back of photo, a dedication to his beloved dog.
I put this photo in a frame as I think it’s so sweet. My grandfather is now aged 93.
![Back of photo reads “From Martin & [sic]
Dusky
With love
xxxxxx
May 5th 1946”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2d4ii3nhgpjlwsrjkppbtos2/bafkreiccq2pvvxspbvrglyae7cgodn3vqqudq2lkmcjftfrmzia7vmbuh4@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Pic of my grandfather aged 14 w. his beloved dog “Dusky”.
On the back of photo, a dedication to his beloved dog.
I put this photo in a frame as I think it’s so sweet. My grandfather is now aged 93.
On the back of photo, a dedication to his beloved dog.
I put this photo in a frame as I think it’s so sweet. My grandfather is now aged 93.
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35% of all new cars registered in December was a battery electric one and 38% were hybrids. Pure petrol vehicles were just 25% https://newautomotive.org/ecc
January 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
35% of all new cars registered in December was a battery electric one and 38% were hybrids. Pure petrol vehicles were just 25% https://newautomotive.org/ecc
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how the fuck can any journalist remain on this fucking website.
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
how the fuck can any journalist remain on this fucking website.
My 88 yo grandmother apparently uttered “I’ve wasted my life” (according to my Mum) after being a housewife from almost the minute she married my grandfather until she moved into a care home with my 93 yo grandfather in September.
Don’t be like my grandmother & realise you wasted your life at 88.
Don’t be like my grandmother & realise you wasted your life at 88.
January 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
My 88 yo grandmother apparently uttered “I’ve wasted my life” (according to my Mum) after being a housewife from almost the minute she married my grandfather until she moved into a care home with my 93 yo grandfather in September.
Don’t be like my grandmother & realise you wasted your life at 88.
Don’t be like my grandmother & realise you wasted your life at 88.
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More satire for today's events:
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
More satire for today's events:
There‘s been a water pipe leak on my street & now it’s become an ice rink. Neighbours are reporting seeing cars skidding and someone go on the ice while Lime bike.
Is there anywhere a Londoner can access something to grit the road with? There’s gonna more roast accidents on our street otherwise.
Is there anywhere a Londoner can access something to grit the road with? There’s gonna more roast accidents on our street otherwise.
January 4, 2026 at 9:49 AM
There‘s been a water pipe leak on my street & now it’s become an ice rink. Neighbours are reporting seeing cars skidding and someone go on the ice while Lime bike.
Is there anywhere a Londoner can access something to grit the road with? There’s gonna more roast accidents on our street otherwise.
Is there anywhere a Londoner can access something to grit the road with? There’s gonna more roast accidents on our street otherwise.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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America was always this corrupt and violent.
It’s a product of British Imperialism.
It’s not always been this brazen and pathetic…
…but that’s Empire in Decline 101.
It’s a product of British Imperialism.
It’s not always been this brazen and pathetic…
…but that’s Empire in Decline 101.
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
America was always this corrupt and violent.
It’s a product of British Imperialism.
It’s not always been this brazen and pathetic…
…but that’s Empire in Decline 101.
It’s a product of British Imperialism.
It’s not always been this brazen and pathetic…
…but that’s Empire in Decline 101.
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5/ I think in principle it is still wrongful discrimination for a publicly funded women’s refuge to tell a homeless trans woman that it’s cis-only, and that she needs to find another provider.
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
5/ I think in principle it is still wrongful discrimination for a publicly funded women’s refuge to tell a homeless trans woman that it’s cis-only, and that she needs to find another provider.
Pete Hegseth will have had a hard on (*if* he can get it up) like nothing else overnight.
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Pete Hegseth will have had a hard on (*if* he can get it up) like nothing else overnight.
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Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
Had a conversation with a non-binary friend last night about what we identify as which has prompted further thoughts: if our society was less gendered, would I identify as female/male: probably not. However I think in our society I identify as female for a couple of reasons: 1 it’s easy for me as…
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Had a conversation with a non-binary friend last night about what we identify as which has prompted further thoughts: if our society was less gendered, would I identify as female/male: probably not. However I think in our society I identify as female for a couple of reasons: 1 it’s easy for me as…
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.