Emperor Norton
@ashleynaftule.bsky.social
Playwright. Associate Artistic Director at Space55 in downtown Phoenix. Freelance journalist. Next play "Selena and Judy Go Dancing" runs June 6-15 at Metro Arts.
Check out my radio play "Radio Free Europa":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQ23qB5-6c
Check out my radio play "Radio Free Europa":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQ23qB5-6c
It's incredible that Joyce Carol Oates of all people got his health bar flashing red this quickly
omfg
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
It's incredible that Joyce Carol Oates of all people got his health bar flashing red this quickly
THERAPIST: Thin Kevin Smith isn’t real, he can’t hurt you
THIN KEVIN SMITH:
THIN KEVIN SMITH:
are you prepared to experience the most cursed comic book page ever printed?
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
THERAPIST: Thin Kevin Smith isn’t real, he can’t hurt you
THIN KEVIN SMITH:
THIN KEVIN SMITH:
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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What a Faustian bargain: you get to be the richest man who ever lived, and all it'll cost you is to also be the biggest dipshit loser in human history. Future historians will comb the archives to find someone in the historical record with less rizz- with a greater deficit of dignity- to no avail
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What a Faustian bargain: you get to be the richest man who ever lived, and all it'll cost you is to also be the biggest dipshit loser in human history. Future historians will comb the archives to find someone in the historical record with less rizz- with a greater deficit of dignity- to no avail
Medieval serfdom must have been a dogshit way to live but on the upside at least they didn't have to see their stupid lord's face every single fucking day. You get to enojy a frothy ale at the tavern without worrying your Lord is about to spray you w/ verbal diarrhea at any moment
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Medieval serfdom must have been a dogshit way to live but on the upside at least they didn't have to see their stupid lord's face every single fucking day. You get to enojy a frothy ale at the tavern without worrying your Lord is about to spray you w/ verbal diarrhea at any moment
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
SAW trap where there's an airhorn in the room you can use to blast yourself deaf but it's buried in a ball pit full of salt-covered razor blades
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
SAW trap where there's an airhorn in the room you can use to blast yourself deaf but it's buried in a ball pit full of salt-covered razor blades
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Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Until the sun burns out
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
It's cool, y'all, we'll just stick to the original American healthcare plan: just don't ever get sick. Not even once. Nice and simple. Seriously, if you see a microbe out on the street shoot it with your gun. Run over any communicable diseases with your Ford Behemoth
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's cool, y'all, we'll just stick to the original American healthcare plan: just don't ever get sick. Not even once. Nice and simple. Seriously, if you see a microbe out on the street shoot it with your gun. Run over any communicable diseases with your Ford Behemoth
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It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
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Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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John Fetterman is like a movie titled “mr big bag of shit goes to Washington”
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
John Fetterman is like a movie titled “mr big bag of shit goes to Washington”
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Wish I could recall who deserves credit for "I don't actually think Dem leaders are controlled opposition, but if they were how would it look much different?
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Wish I could recall who deserves credit for "I don't actually think Dem leaders are controlled opposition, but if they were how would it look much different?
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i do not care about "the future of the democratic party" as discussed by professional-class bozos who cannot see beyond their next client. i care about not living under a military occupation that is disappearing my neighbors
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
i do not care about "the future of the democratic party" as discussed by professional-class bozos who cannot see beyond their next client. i care about not living under a military occupation that is disappearing my neighbors
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This is who Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are caving to—a president who gets loudly booed at Washington Commanders game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is who Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are caving to—a president who gets loudly booed at Washington Commanders game.
Of course Schumer would cave. To expect otherwise is to be surprised a jellyfish doesn't grow a spine
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Of course Schumer would cave. To expect otherwise is to be surprised a jellyfish doesn't grow a spine
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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The ability to convince capital markets to hand you a trillion dollars on the strength of obvious bullshit paired with the inability to get a single human to sincerely and spontaneously say they love you is some real punishment of the gods shit.
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The ability to convince capital markets to hand you a trillion dollars on the strength of obvious bullshit paired with the inability to get a single human to sincerely and spontaneously say they love you is some real punishment of the gods shit.
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Ok I had to go find the clip bc this is the energy I will be bringing when anyone ever asks me if I use this ugly nonsense
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ok I had to go find the clip bc this is the energy I will be bringing when anyone ever asks me if I use this ugly nonsense
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQun5Qr...
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New Bus Stop poster in London.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New Bus Stop poster in London.
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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I mean the obvious answer is Corey’s Linkin Park Oppenheimer ending but that’s not the official version
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I mean the obvious answer is Corey’s Linkin Park Oppenheimer ending but that’s not the official version