T Ash
@crewgrrl.bsky.social
Knitter, parent, cook, artist wrangler. ADHD, Depression, trauma survivor. Unabashed feminist & fan. Jewish, Zionist & not sorry. Support class, not front lines.
Also posts from #Hugo finalist @geekcalligraphy.com. She/Her
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Also posts from #Hugo finalist @geekcalligraphy.com. She/Her
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T Ash
@crewgrrl.bsky.social
· Nov 18
So apparently I’m in a starter pack? Neat!
So for the new folks who only found me here and for everyone who came from Ye Olde Birde Site, an intro and some ground rules.
Rule 1 - this is my living room. That means my word is law and I will brook no disrespect here.
So for the new folks who only found me here and for everyone who came from Ye Olde Birde Site, an intro and some ground rules.
Rule 1 - this is my living room. That means my word is law and I will brook no disrespect here.
I left the intro out, didn’t I.
Well, here goes.
I’m a nearly 40 year old woman with #ADHD and #depression. I am probably best known for salty fandom commentary, running @geekcalligraphy.bsky.social with my best friend, knitting in public, and acerbic commentary on Jews and comics.
Well, here goes.
I’m a nearly 40 year old woman with #ADHD and #depression. I am probably best known for salty fandom commentary, running @geekcalligraphy.bsky.social with my best friend, knitting in public, and acerbic commentary on Jews and comics.
Monster is very into crochet, specifically amigurumi. So instead of pulling yarn from my stash, she’s starting to build her own. We’re taking advantage of the current Knit Picks sale and she is reading the description of a gray yarn over my shoulder.
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Monster is very into crochet, specifically amigurumi. So instead of pulling yarn from my stash, she’s starting to build her own. We’re taking advantage of the current Knit Picks sale and she is reading the description of a gray yarn over my shoulder.
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
Monster: “an elephant neutral.”
Me: “elegant.”
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One of the many obnoxious things about how people discuss Israel is they don't take it as just a place where ordinary people live and do ordinary people things but instead a criminal enterprise where every citizen is a vehicle for geopolitical propaganda & affairs. Israeli existence as conspiracy.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
One of the many obnoxious things about how people discuss Israel is they don't take it as just a place where ordinary people live and do ordinary people things but instead a criminal enterprise where every citizen is a vehicle for geopolitical propaganda & affairs. Israeli existence as conspiracy.
As a former ‘old soul’ teenager who dated a man in his twenties, the excuses being given for powerful men to abuse girls younger than I was using technical vocabulary is giving me some kind of feeling.
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As a former ‘old soul’ teenager who dated a man in his twenties, the excuses being given for powerful men to abuse girls younger than I was using technical vocabulary is giving me some kind of feeling.
As always, listen to the workers when they tell you what they want.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As always, listen to the workers when they tell you what they want.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
I do not cross picket lines, but I do it in the way that the striking workers ask me to.
Question for @travisbaldree.bsky.social - does yesterday’s new book include the story you were reading at Norwescon a couple of years ago? If not, when do we get more of Zyll, the Most Excellent Chaos Goblin?
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Question for @travisbaldree.bsky.social - does yesterday’s new book include the story you were reading at Norwescon a couple of years ago? If not, when do we get more of Zyll, the Most Excellent Chaos Goblin?
I am so godsdamn tired of “takes/does not take AIPAC money” as the new political litmus test. The amount of money they toss around every year is an infinitesimal drop in the bucket compared to even the middleweight players in the lobbying industry.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am so godsdamn tired of “takes/does not take AIPAC money” as the new political litmus test. The amount of money they toss around every year is an infinitesimal drop in the bucket compared to even the middleweight players in the lobbying industry.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Purple Dewdrops on Alien Ferns.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Purple Dewdrops on Alien Ferns.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
Yarn is assorted stash leavings, the beads (dewdrops) are standard pony beads. It’s a wall hanging that looks like a forest on an alien planet.
Any Harbor in an Ætheric Storm
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Any Harbor in an Ætheric Storm
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
Pattern is the Gig Harbor Cowl (free from my LYS). Yarn is @thirdvaultyarns.com Alba Æther on their wool/silk DK weight base.
Pleiades As Seen From Mt. Coot-tha
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Pleiades As Seen From Mt. Coot-tha
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
The first in a series of projects for & about the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid for Worldcon, this beret is knit from the Adler pattern by Casey Noble, w/ yarn from @missbabs.com. The yarn is their Estrellita in Dark Pleiades. This is also my first beaded project.
I know that money is worth significantly less than it was 28 years ago, but I am astounded at the generosity of our friends and family in their gifts to Monster for her bat mitzvah.
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I know that money is worth significantly less than it was 28 years ago, but I am astounded at the generosity of our friends and family in their gifts to Monster for her bat mitzvah.
I actually refer to these as ‘feel bad’ stories. They should make you feel bad that this is the depths we’ve sunk to as a society and country.
there are going to be a lot of stories in the next couple weeks about the generosity of ordinary people in helping their fellow Americans and all of them will be wonderful and none of them should be necessary
we don’t have to have a government this cruel and capricious
we don’t have to have a government this cruel and capricious
October 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I actually refer to these as ‘feel bad’ stories. They should make you feel bad that this is the depths we’ve sunk to as a society and country.
Welp. There has definitely been a change in the formulation of Kirkland oat milk. Thankfully it’s winter, which means my milk consumption is much lower (hot tea requires less milk than cold brew coffee to make it the way I like). Does anyone know if the Califa you can get in bulk is also yuck?
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Welp. There has definitely been a change in the formulation of Kirkland oat milk. Thankfully it’s winter, which means my milk consumption is much lower (hot tea requires less milk than cold brew coffee to make it the way I like). Does anyone know if the Califa you can get in bulk is also yuck?
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.
Following up on yesterday’s thread.
There’s a reason I said disposable menstrual products. Yes, cups and discs (and cloth pads, and period underwear) are all much better for the environment and more economical in the long run.
BUT.
There’s a reason I said disposable menstrual products. Yes, cups and discs (and cloth pads, and period underwear) are all much better for the environment and more economical in the long run.
BUT.
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Following up on yesterday’s thread.
There’s a reason I said disposable menstrual products. Yes, cups and discs (and cloth pads, and period underwear) are all much better for the environment and more economical in the long run.
BUT.
There’s a reason I said disposable menstrual products. Yes, cups and discs (and cloth pads, and period underwear) are all much better for the environment and more economical in the long run.
BUT.
At the end of most summers, I put food by. Summer preservation is water bath canning. Some years I get loads of savory relishes made, other years it's sweet preserves and pie fillings. Sometimes it's fruit I bought at the farmer's market, other times it's the plums off of local trees.
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
At the end of most summers, I put food by. Summer preservation is water bath canning. Some years I get loads of savory relishes made, other years it's sweet preserves and pie fillings. Sometimes it's fruit I bought at the farmer's market, other times it's the plums off of local trees.
But again, the thing that food distribution centers need the most is cold hard cash. They've been telling us that for years.
If and only if the food bank asks for stuff rather than cash, get WHAT THEY ASK YOU FOR. Again, this is not the way to clear out the pantry. If they want individually packaged snacks, get thy ass to Costco/Sam's Club/BJ's and buy out the snack section. If they ask for shelf stable milk, get it.
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
But again, the thing that food distribution centers need the most is cold hard cash. They've been telling us that for years.
You know what we donate to the local food pantries? We donate MONEY. Because they can turn that money into what those they serve need the most. I do not know what those folks need better than the food pantry does. So I give them my dollars and they turn them into something useful.
Sweet Jesus, do not donate seeds to your food bank in October. Honestly, don’t donate seeds to your food bank unless you are specifically asked to, and even then I would think REALLY HARD about whether that’s regionally appropriate.
When I needed food donations, I was in student housing.
When I needed food donations, I was in student housing.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You know what we donate to the local food pantries? We donate MONEY. Because they can turn that money into what those they serve need the most. I do not know what those folks need better than the food pantry does. So I give them my dollars and they turn them into something useful.
Potential wholesale customer: "I can give you cash when you drop the order off"
Me: "PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT."
I can make a check go into the business bank account. I have no way to make cash go in at the moment without three hoops.
Me: "PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT."
I can make a check go into the business bank account. I have no way to make cash go in at the moment without three hoops.
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Potential wholesale customer: "I can give you cash when you drop the order off"
Me: "PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT."
I can make a check go into the business bank account. I have no way to make cash go in at the moment without three hoops.
Me: "PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT."
I can make a check go into the business bank account. I have no way to make cash go in at the moment without three hoops.
The absolute fuck? Even food banks don’t usually have relationships with P&G, they have relationships with *food* suppliers.
I’ve been saying for years that if you feel a deep seated need to donate stuff rather than money, donate diapers and menstrual supplies.
I’ve been saying for years that if you feel a deep seated need to donate stuff rather than money, donate diapers and menstrual supplies.
Scolding me for donating menstrual supplies to my local mutual aid instead of money when they literally write on their website that they are always desperately in need of menstrual supplies... is the most fucking bluesky thing on the planet.
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The absolute fuck? Even food banks don’t usually have relationships with P&G, they have relationships with *food* suppliers.
I’ve been saying for years that if you feel a deep seated need to donate stuff rather than money, donate diapers and menstrual supplies.
I’ve been saying for years that if you feel a deep seated need to donate stuff rather than money, donate diapers and menstrual supplies.
Monster: “I would like a Harry Potter Lego advent calendar. Why can’t she just die already?”
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Monster: “I would like a Harry Potter Lego advent calendar. Why can’t she just die already?”
Monster’s reaction to knockwurst from Romanian (fancy kosher butcher and deli producer in Chicago):
“It’s like a hot dog got stung by a bee and it was allergic to bees.”
“It’s like a hot dog got stung by a bee and it was allergic to bees.”
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Monster’s reaction to knockwurst from Romanian (fancy kosher butcher and deli producer in Chicago):
“It’s like a hot dog got stung by a bee and it was allergic to bees.”
“It’s like a hot dog got stung by a bee and it was allergic to bees.”
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And I gotta say, I have no idea how we even begin to get there with people who voted for Trump if we are busy being contemptuous of other people who didn’t vote for him because we don’t like that they wore pussy hats or thought marches would solve everything.
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
And I gotta say, I have no idea how we even begin to get there with people who voted for Trump if we are busy being contemptuous of other people who didn’t vote for him because we don’t like that they wore pussy hats or thought marches would solve everything.
Keep scrolling, this is amazing.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the frogs
They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs
They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs
Their truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Their truth is marching on
They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs
They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs
Their truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Their truth is marching on
October 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Keep scrolling, this is amazing.