Ashley Tallyn
banner
shmolass.bsky.social
Ashley Tallyn
@shmolass.bsky.social
Recovering “pleasure to have in class.”
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻

Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wow…I feel so old
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!

On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.

#WebDesignHistory
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
In case you think this sounds silly, here's our last sentence: "With four more years of a Trump presidency ahead, those of us in the Real World would do well to remember that preserving democracy is a process not an event: one that requires constant vigilance and a willingness to act." 💥🎤
Hi Barbies! Pleased that @dramyburge.bsky.social & my chapter, '‘The man behind the tan’: Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity' has been published in the exciting new book The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1! www.routledge.com/The-Barbie-P...
a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair
ALT: a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair
media.tenor.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.

If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
America tips into fascism (GUEST POST)
"Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
Today is Trans Pride London.

If you can’t make it, and you are a cis woman who is fed up with transphobic restrictions being imposed on a marginalized community in your name, please consider signing and sharing this petition

www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
July 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
I should be, and generally am used to these things but when the trump White House got huffy at us today for this accurate and chill story from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me, I must confess it did…… annoy me, let’s just say.

If you’re gonna lie the country into war, the least you can do is be…
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
*gazes into the distance* I simultaneously believe that humans have been like this for millennia and that we stand at a uniquely stupid moment in history
This is a real headline. I am not joking.
June 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
We’re calling on everyone who cares about nature: write to your MP now.

Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
May 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
No one plans a stroke. It comes with enormous physical, emotional, and financial costs.

Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.

*Cardiovascular disease 👇
March 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
We can upload 3 minute videos now.

YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
Days since a trash can mishap: 0

This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
Elon Musk's first ex-wife (who is a novelist) wrote this harrowing account of his insane behavior back in 2010. Sadly, way too many people ignored it.

www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/a53...
February 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Reposted by Ashley Tallyn
This week my employer of 17 years English Heritage announced 200 jobs lost, and my Alma mater Cardiff Uni announced 400 jobs lost. The planning system that protects our heritage and provides thousands of archaeology jobs is at risk, and Higher Education is in free fall more generally #ThisIsFine
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM