Ash
@otaboatta.bsky.social
30+, they/them ♈️
crafter, cosplayer, silly cat person
crafter, cosplayer, silly cat person
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Idk how many times people are gonna have to say "stop using ai it is literally killing us" before people listen.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Idk how many times people are gonna have to say "stop using ai it is literally killing us" before people listen.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
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Guess what? It's Thursday, and that means there's a new Ingress page! Today's page features some super friendly looking clouds and a really normal safehouse building. Things are going great.
Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Guess what? It's Thursday, and that means there's a new Ingress page! Today's page features some super friendly looking clouds and a really normal safehouse building. Things are going great.
Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
Read the latest page here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
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Starbucks is on strike and they are calling for a universal boycott. If I see a Starbucks cup in your hand I will slap the scab outta you
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 2:59 PM
Starbucks is on strike and they are calling for a universal boycott. If I see a Starbucks cup in your hand I will slap the scab outta you
It is a bit of solace that whenever I'm being dragged down by crushing news, I can somehow still find a bit of joy in watching craftsmanship video of true masters meticulously working through their element with ease and elegance. It keeps that spark going til I can pick my own silly projects back up
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It is a bit of solace that whenever I'm being dragged down by crushing news, I can somehow still find a bit of joy in watching craftsmanship video of true masters meticulously working through their element with ease and elegance. It keeps that spark going til I can pick my own silly projects back up
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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-...
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-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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-...
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-...
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There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
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I got this scam message too yesterday and boiii I got shookth at first bcoz of the preview notif until I looked into their page 🤬😤
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I got this scam message too yesterday and boiii I got shookth at first bcoz of the preview notif until I looked into their page 🤬😤
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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I wouldn't limit it to "don't sign up in advance for a protest." I'd also encourage that if and when you protest, don't post about it during or after either.
September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wouldn't limit it to "don't sign up in advance for a protest." I'd also encourage that if and when you protest, don't post about it during or after either.
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reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue
deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...
deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Once Again Aims To Help Working Actors Get Health Insurance With New Casting Notice
Jimmy Kimmel wants to help actors get health insurance with a new casting notice for his talk show
deadline.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue
deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...
deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...
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Do this to voice your outrage at Disney's unjust cancellation of Kimmel and other people's shows for simply practicing their free speech, ASAP.
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Do this to voice your outrage at Disney's unjust cancellation of Kimmel and other people's shows for simply practicing their free speech, ASAP.
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visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.
this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.
we can beat them
phone numbers and a script:
this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.
we can beat them
phone numbers and a script:
July 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.
this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.
we can beat them
phone numbers and a script:
this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.
we can beat them
phone numbers and a script:
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Advice for people calling Visa & MasterCard to complain about their censorship of sexual content ⬇️
The tldr is call at least twice on different days and keep them on the phone for longer.
The tldr is call at least twice on different days and keep them on the phone for longer.
So, WFM guy here, I crunch call center numbers all day and advise management on performance and staffing requirements. Here are some concrete goals to keep in mind with any sort of calling campaign: 🧵
July 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Advice for people calling Visa & MasterCard to complain about their censorship of sexual content ⬇️
The tldr is call at least twice on different days and keep them on the phone for longer.
The tldr is call at least twice on different days and keep them on the phone for longer.
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I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign
But we can EASILY top 1,000!
I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!
↻💬♡ to boost
We CAN make a difference 💕
#itch #censorship
1/🧵
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please read this painful, beautiful testimony I’m trying not to be a nag but it arrived on my TL below some editorial being shared for rage bait and like. we could share things like this instead. not “we can do both” miss me with that. trash smell will always overpower what’s good when we “do both”
"There is no end to the horror, no fade to black. The children here continue to age without ever growing up. The elderly speak of bread the way others speak of lost lovers."
—Alaa Alqaisi for @arablit.bsky.social
Read: arablit.org/2025/07/21/b...
—Alaa Alqaisi for @arablit.bsky.social
Read: arablit.org/2025/07/21/b...
Beneath the Howl of Hunger
“And though the world may have looked away, let this much be remembered: we named the hunger. We bore it. We endured. Let that remain.” – Alaa Alqaisi
arablit.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
please read this painful, beautiful testimony I’m trying not to be a nag but it arrived on my TL below some editorial being shared for rage bait and like. we could share things like this instead. not “we can do both” miss me with that. trash smell will always overpower what’s good when we “do both”
I deserve 1 day at work without feeling like I'm going through some part of the 5 stages of grief. That would be nice
July 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I deserve 1 day at work without feeling like I'm going through some part of the 5 stages of grief. That would be nice
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do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
July 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
do you ever stare at the ceiling and think about how the worldwide scientific establishment did the impossible and created a COVID vaccine in under a year and the response of the general public has been to go on an unstoppable rampage to destroy science and scientists
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One thing you can do Right Now is be extremely vocal when you have librarians stocking inclusive collections. Call and tell them how happy you are, show up to board meetings. Bc the other side is *always* complaining and doing it in an organized way.
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
July 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One thing you can do Right Now is be extremely vocal when you have librarians stocking inclusive collections. Call and tell them how happy you are, show up to board meetings. Bc the other side is *always* complaining and doing it in an organized way.
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
also you can donate to Lavonnia Moore here:
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collaborators
transphobes
assholes all
transphobes
assholes all
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
collaborators
transphobes
assholes all
transphobes
assholes all
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This is why they refused to codify abortion. It's why they refuse to codify gay marriage. We are the bargaining chips to convince voters to vote for them, ready to be discarded or used at their bidding.
July 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is why they refused to codify abortion. It's why they refuse to codify gay marriage. We are the bargaining chips to convince voters to vote for them, ready to be discarded or used at their bidding.
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
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Wow! A new Ingress Adventuring Company page! Oops, it seems that Toivo has to lay down some boundaries before he lets things move forward.
Read it here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
Read it here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
June 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow! A new Ingress Adventuring Company page! Oops, it seems that Toivo has to lay down some boundaries before he lets things move forward.
Read it here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
Read it here: www.ingress-comic.com/comic/chapte...
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"These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."
"And that's why we are passing draconian laws just to enforce this."
"And that's why we are passing draconian laws just to enforce this."
A very scary bill just passed in Ohio for transgender folks. No one but local LGBTQ+ orgs are talking about it.
First, Ohio is only recognizing sex assigned at birth, male or female. You can get in trouble for stating otherwise on documents, I imagine. I may need to change my state ID back. 1/5
First, Ohio is only recognizing sex assigned at birth, male or female. You can get in trouble for stating otherwise on documents, I imagine. I may need to change my state ID back. 1/5
June 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality."
"And that's why we are passing draconian laws just to enforce this."
"And that's why we are passing draconian laws just to enforce this."