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Ash on a Star✨️
@ashonastar.bsky.social
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阿修是星辰的灰烬✨️just ashes from stars✨️
i write and study and sometimes even draw

i like linguistics, ancient history,
and writing about little crabs & birbs🦀🦢🌈✨️

lets yap at 3am about medieval astronomy & medicine
(eng/рус/日本語/汉语)
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ashonastar.bsky.social
Baseball anecdote for the baseball app: despite growing up in an american football bubble (texas during the Dallas Cowboys golden era) my first experience with sports team rage as a child was wearing my St Louis Cardinals cap to a Pittsburgh Pirates game, in the stands with a family of Pirates fans😹
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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rincewind.run
nate this is a baseball app now, keep up
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 22h
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
Jarvis @jarvis_best -14h What's the mood on Bluesky? 236 t797 2.6K Ill 402K On the Edge Nate Silver Nate Silver v @NateSilver538 X.com They're too busy burning American Eagle jeans at socially distanced bonfires to have noticed that the shutdown ended. 6:43 PM • 11/9/25 • 402K Views
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ashonastar.bsky.social
I appreciate these lists because I feel like there's no point in just sharing the Shameful 10 without attaching their states to be shamed with them.
santiagomayer.com Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542

Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224

King (ME) 202 224-5344

Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324

Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451

Masto (NV) 202 224-3542

Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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thatshockratees.bsky.social
Normies who consider themselves “moderate” or “independent” are starting to realize that the Republican Party they thought was a business and growth party has been transformed into a violent criminal mob of masked kidnappers and assaulters. It is breaking through the billionaire info-blockade.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
I'm sorry, I know this is not your problem, but I just felt like screaming into a void seeing that now Dems may cave and end the shutdown without getting anything they were supposedly fighting for. We've been put through hell for weeks, constantly having our ability to simply feed ourselves dangled in front of our faces, our survival used as a bargaining chip, told it was for a reason. Our suffering would prevent even more suffering and that it would be temporary and worth it to save healthcare for millions. And now it's all for nothing. They stood for nothing. They caused suffering for no reason. They'll cause even more suffering for no reason. It wasn't 40 million people starving that made them cave. They were willing to put up with that. But the threat of holiday traveling being disrupted seems to be the thing to push them to give in. They have failed everyone. I'm so angry.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ashonastar.bsky.social
Another strong example of "the people who write the headlines are different from thhe people who write the articles"
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d
President Trump has pardoned Rudy Giuliani and a host of other prominent allies involved in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, furthering his efforts to rewrite the history of his losing campaign five years ago.
Trump pardons Giuliani, other allies who sought to overturn 2020 election
None of the more than 75 people listed have been charged with federal crimes, though several have been prosecuted in states.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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gailsimone.bsky.social
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
ashonastar.bsky.social
Every time I think "we can't possibly be ruled by people this uneducated" I get proven so damn wrong
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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trekkiebill.bsky.social
"I've just made a deal that will guarantee a vote on the ACA subsidies"
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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bettybarcode.bsky.social
Senator's office not accepting voicemails? Fax them. Seriously. You do not need to have a fax machine. Hit Schumer up, now.
How to Send Faxes to U.S Senators - Alohi Blog
Fax usage is on the rise in some sectors due to legal compliance issues thanks to the extra security measures online faxing can offer. Almost all Senators have an open and dedicated fax number where t...
www.alohi.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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blueheronfarm.bsky.social
Charlie Brown with Lucy holding the football. It says we'll vote on the ACA subsidies in December
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
ashonastar.bsky.social
I always expected him to become supreme court justice in my lifetime; this feels absolutely nuts to me.

lowkey kinda think the younger loyalists appointed took his "spot"
yappelbaum.bsky.social Yoni Appelbaum @yappelbaum.bsky.social · 2d
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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brianvan.bsky.social
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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cxorlando.bsky.social
today is as good a day as any to buy palestinian olive oil www.eater.com/24430125/bes...
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
ashonastar.bsky.social
"Yes," I said, "let us be gone." "For the love of God, Montresor!"
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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trekkiebill.bsky.social
It's what we need. #startrek
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
ashonastar.bsky.social
I have been given too much power...
BLOOD for the Blood God! SKULLS for the Skull Throne!!
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ashonastar.bsky.social
This post came directly for me; right at the jugular
jcsalterego.bsky.social Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 2d
bluesky branding refresh unveiled
"WEBSITE FOR 38 YEAR OLDS" in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign logo
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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condeunion.bsky.social
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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buehlmeister.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3

📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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Interior view of the building showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs as well as the ceiling. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. 📷 Daniel von Recklinghausen
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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teamswiftparrot.bsky.social
Look at the outside epiphyllum!!
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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robcrank68.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #Fighting birds and the Alternative Bird is #Chaffinches.

I've gone with a juvenile & adult Grey Heron having a scrap that lasted around 90 seconds (no Herons were killed in this battle)

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin @rspb.bsky.social #ukbirding #BirdLife
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
ashonastar.bsky.social
Had this exact conversation a while back, because from how corpo media and pundits framed it, she genuinely thought he was on some Stalinist-adjacent platform and not just... regularass european democratic-socialism. She didn't understand just how right wing the american "left wing" party is...
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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hokusyu82.bsky.social
翻訳のお仕事をしました。アドリアン・ダウプ『キャンセル・カルチャー「パニック」』（藤崎剛人訳）が青土社様より12/26に出ます。乱暴に要約すれば、キャンセル・カルチャー「現象」は存在しないことを言説分析によって明らかにする画期的な本。年末年始の読書のお供に。
www.seidosha.co.jp/book/index.p...
青土社 ||神話／民俗／伝説：「キャンセル・カルチャー」パニック
www.seidosha.co.jp
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM