Hilarie Ashton
@hilarieashton.bsky.social
Academia, abolition, boxing, cats, mutual aid
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my pet conspiracy theory is that some stores suppress cellular signal to make it harder to comparison shop
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
my pet conspiracy theory is that some stores suppress cellular signal to make it harder to comparison shop
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let’s go
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
let’s go
Sitting at the gate near a woman who is doing her makeup using the same travel makeup brush case I have with me
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sitting at the gate near a woman who is doing her makeup using the same travel makeup brush case I have with me
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The year is 2175. Humans are long extinct. Wolves use all pur abandoned tools--driving our cars, posting on social media, reading old issues of magazines from 2034.
This is one of the coolest freakin' science stories I've ever heard of! Members of the Haíɫzaqv First Nation of BC noticed some animal had been damaging their *underwater* crab traps, so they set up a camera. This is what they found! www.science.org/content/arti...
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
www.science.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The year is 2175. Humans are long extinct. Wolves use all pur abandoned tools--driving our cars, posting on social media, reading old issues of magazines from 2034.
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hey cis friends
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
hey cis friends
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
when i say we need you to be an accomplice, not an ally
this is what i mean
Airport dog count: two (one service, one regular)
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Airport dog count: two (one service, one regular)
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now, is there someone in the courtroom who is just a little guy, a little birthday boy, wearing glasses? and can you point at that individual? let the record show that the witness has indicated the defendant. no further questions *i give my client a big "thumbs up"*
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
now, is there someone in the courtroom who is just a little guy, a little birthday boy, wearing glasses? and can you point at that individual? let the record show that the witness has indicated the defendant. no further questions *i give my client a big "thumbs up"*
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Charlie Kirk was a tool.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Charlie Kirk was a tool.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.
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You can read my reporting on the NC raids today. People of course are terrified, with many undocumented & mixed-status families staying home or otherwise laying low. But all around them community organizers, educators, faith leaders, and local residents are mobilizing to help. It is deeply moving.
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You can read my reporting on the NC raids today. People of course are terrified, with many undocumented & mixed-status families staying home or otherwise laying low. But all around them community organizers, educators, faith leaders, and local residents are mobilizing to help. It is deeply moving.
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This is, of course, a stark betrayal of the New School’s storied history and animating spirit. It demonstrates something many of us know intellectually but have trouble grasping: many university leaders *do not care* about, even *actively despise*, the basic values that bring us to work every day.
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is, of course, a stark betrayal of the New School’s storied history and animating spirit. It demonstrates something many of us know intellectually but have trouble grasping: many university leaders *do not care* about, even *actively despise*, the basic values that bring us to work every day.
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"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
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Somehow in all the excitement over on the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social account, I didn’t manage to share this news (from a couple weeks ago) directly myself: We were awarded a $100,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation and could not be more excited 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Somehow in all the excitement over on the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social account, I didn’t manage to share this news (from a couple weeks ago) directly myself: We were awarded a $100,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation and could not be more excited 🧵
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If I had a Death Becomes Her hole in my stomach I would hang a little bell in there, or maybe even a small gong.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If I had a Death Becomes Her hole in my stomach I would hang a little bell in there, or maybe even a small gong.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Hey this seems bad. Solidarity with faculty and staff at A&M.
Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
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Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
This Substack is reader-supported.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hey this seems bad. Solidarity with faculty and staff at A&M.
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Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky just announced his run for this seat. He is running on abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, and an arms embargo on Israel.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Parkland survivor Cameron Kasky just announced his run for this seat. He is running on abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, and an arms embargo on Israel.
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Lousse Vixen
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1920
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1920
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lousse Vixen
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1920
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1920
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This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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Mary Bruce did her job and questioned Trump’s implicit endorsement of MBS, who ordered Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump reacted like a crime boss.
apnews.com/article/medi...
Trump reacted like a crime boss.
apnews.com/article/medi...
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Mary Bruce did her job and questioned Trump’s implicit endorsement of MBS, who ordered Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump reacted like a crime boss.
apnews.com/article/medi...
Trump reacted like a crime boss.
apnews.com/article/medi...
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Dick Rowser
United States, Census, 1930
United States, Census, 1930
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Dick Rowser
United States, Census, 1930
United States, Census, 1930
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Trump endorsed the murder of a journalist. … Things happen, he said.
Trump on the other hand said about Jamal Khashoggi that “a lot of people didn’t like the last gentleman” and things happen. A journalist working for an American news organization was murdered and CIA says Crown Prince orchestrated and the president says things happen.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump endorsed the murder of a journalist. … Things happen, he said.
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Oh
NEW: The significant increase in the number of times Chicago police officers have used force against Chicagoans since 2022 threatens the effort to reform the Chicago Police Department, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office told a federal judge on Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social
CPD’s Increasing Use of Force Threatens Consent Decree Push: Illinois Attorney General
The Office of the Attorney General told U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer that immediate steps must be taken to ensure the push to reform the Chicago Police Department results in meaningful ...
news.wttw.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Oh
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the baby is in a phase where she waits for you to strip her down to her diaper (though preferably she is completely naked for this next part) and then she runs as fast as she can away from you, and it’s faster than you think
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the baby is in a phase where she waits for you to strip her down to her diaper (though preferably she is completely naked for this next part) and then she runs as fast as she can away from you, and it’s faster than you think