Ashley Ensminger
@ashleyensminger.bsky.social
Writer • Adventurer • Traveler • PhD Candidate •Feminist Killjoy • 🏳️🌈✌🏻
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If you like #hiking and #highereducation and might have #impostersyndrome
If you like #hiking and #highereducation and might have #impostersyndrome
Unpacking Imposter Syndrome on Giant Mountain
Breathless and tired, I paused on the rocky landing and turned to look at my progress. In the distance I could see the endless peaks that set the stunning scene of the Adirondack Mountains. This was m...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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If you like #hiking and #highereducation and might have #impostersyndrome
If you like #hiking and #highereducation and might have #impostersyndrome
I’ve been looking forward to this one. Still reading mostly #dystopian novels. This one sucked me right in so far. 📚 #booksky
March 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve been looking forward to this one. Still reading mostly #dystopian novels. This one sucked me right in so far. 📚 #booksky
I’ve started blogging again. Check out my recent piece about my #sobriety journey. ❤️
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Taking the Edge Off: My Alcohol-Free Journey
One year and three months ago, I made the decision to give up alcohol forever, a decision that I had contemplated for a long time. I am not an addict, and I recognize my privilege in being able to cut...
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March 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’ve started blogging again. Check out my recent piece about my #sobriety journey. ❤️
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I forget just how much the sun being out and the temperature being above freezing actually impacts my will to live. ☀️ Now if only I could stop watching the news…
February 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I forget just how much the sun being out and the temperature being above freezing actually impacts my will to live. ☀️ Now if only I could stop watching the news…
My February winter blues are a whole other level this year. Could be the weather. Or the constant sense of impending doom thanks to a bigoted American oligarchy. Hard to tell.
February 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My February winter blues are a whole other level this year. Could be the weather. Or the constant sense of impending doom thanks to a bigoted American oligarchy. Hard to tell.
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We are deeply concerned about the current state of our country. As civil servants, we are doing everything in our power to resist, even if it costs us our jobs. We are proud to be Americans, but what is happening right now does not reflect the values we, as Americans, stand for!
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We are deeply concerned about the current state of our country. As civil servants, we are doing everything in our power to resist, even if it costs us our jobs. We are proud to be Americans, but what is happening right now does not reflect the values we, as Americans, stand for!
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Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions.
January 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions.
#amreading I love that the dedication in this book is “For anyone who could use a break.” #BookSky
January 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#amreading I love that the dedication in this book is “For anyone who could use a break.” #BookSky
This morning I got up early, made coffee, sat down with the really great book I want to finish today, opened to my current chapter…and then scrolled on social media for over an hour. ☹️ #booksky
January 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This morning I got up early, made coffee, sat down with the really great book I want to finish today, opened to my current chapter…and then scrolled on social media for over an hour. ☹️ #booksky
Does Elon Musk always have bedhead or is he purposely styling it to stick up that way on the side??
January 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Does Elon Musk always have bedhead or is he purposely styling it to stick up that way on the side??
Nothing better than Saturday espresso at Night and Day Café in Mansfield. ☕️🥰
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Nothing better than Saturday espresso at Night and Day Café in Mansfield. ☕️🥰
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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The National Park Service abruptly rescinded job offers Thursday for seasonal positions at national parks across the country after President Donald Trump announced a government-wide hiring freeze Monday.
Trump’s hiring freeze is hitting national parks ahead of tourist season
The move prompted concerns from conservationists that national parks could be short-staffed during the summer season, when millions of Americans usually visit.
wapo.st
January 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The National Park Service abruptly rescinded job offers Thursday for seasonal positions at national parks across the country after President Donald Trump announced a government-wide hiring freeze Monday.
My January reads! I’ve read Butler multiple times. I’m still finishing the Jemisin novel (so good). All brilliant dystopian fiction novels. It has been a good reading month! 📚 #booksky
January 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My January reads! I’ve read Butler multiple times. I’m still finishing the Jemisin novel (so good). All brilliant dystopian fiction novels. It has been a good reading month! 📚 #booksky
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The joke is on us.
January 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The joke is on us.
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The Trump administration warned federal employees of “adverse consequences” for not reporting colleagues resisting orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, giving a 10-day deadline to report via a special email account.
January 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Trump administration warned federal employees of “adverse consequences” for not reporting colleagues resisting orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, giving a 10-day deadline to report via a special email account.
To be such a POS of a human that you feel threatened by the idea of equitable access and fair treatment… 🤯
Trump puts all federal DEI workers on leave for now. What we know about his plans to fire them
Trump puts all federal DEI workers on leave - and plans to fire them: What to know
Trump’s order vowed to restore strictly ‘merit-based’ hiring in the federal government
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
To be such a POS of a human that you feel threatened by the idea of equitable access and fair treatment… 🤯