Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
Disgruntled American ex-pat artist and writer living in Germany. Does not want to hear about the new Superman movie.
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Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Look! Bluesky has made me young again! Thanks for joining me here during my self-expulsion from the Metaverse. Please don't forget my illustrated journal of hilarious angst: thesymptoms.substack.com
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
Recommended: Murder on Flight 502, a 1975 Aaron Spelling made-for-TV catastrophe. Scores on points to be one of the worst movies ever made. Sonny Bono gets top billing, if that gives you any indication of its greatness.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Recommended: Murder on Flight 502, a 1975 Aaron Spelling made-for-TV catastrophe. Scores on points to be one of the worst movies ever made. Sonny Bono gets top billing, if that gives you any indication of its greatness.
Camilla Wikland. Posted at the suggestion from the Peanut Gallery that portraits should include kitty cats.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Camilla Wikland. Posted at the suggestion from the Peanut Gallery that portraits should include kitty cats.
Coming soon: Solid reinforcement for your perpetual doldrums.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Coming soon: Solid reinforcement for your perpetual doldrums.
Portraits of wee youngins are tricky business. Ten years later, they've shaved their heads, pierced their lips, and tattooed poo emojis on their foreheads.
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Portraits of wee youngins are tricky business. Ten years later, they've shaved their heads, pierced their lips, and tattooed poo emojis on their foreheads.
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Let’s see if this “gift link” works. An inside view of how quickly the very principle of law in the United States can crumble.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Let’s see if this “gift link” works. An inside view of how quickly the very principle of law in the United States can crumble.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ms. Rand suggests that you do not resist your capitalistic impulses. So many desirable commodities can be yours:
www.etsy.com/shop/AshleyH...
www.etsy.com/shop/AshleyH...
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ms. Rand suggests that you do not resist your capitalistic impulses. So many desirable commodities can be yours:
www.etsy.com/shop/AshleyH...
www.etsy.com/shop/AshleyH...
Larry Fine in the Münster Museum for Art and Culture.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Larry Fine in the Münster Museum for Art and Culture.
My Art Guys pennies, collected at their Spoleto exhibition a lifetime ago.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My Art Guys pennies, collected at their Spoleto exhibition a lifetime ago.
Are you fellas finally over your Harry Dean Stanton thing?
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Are you fellas finally over your Harry Dean Stanton thing?
Watching fashion shows on YouTube and feeling homesick.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Watching fashion shows on YouTube and feeling homesick.
What makes America great?
The haters gunna hate!
The haters gunna hate!
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What makes America great?
The haters gunna hate!
The haters gunna hate!
Important notes for a possible essay.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Important notes for a possible essay.
And who's passing around this garbage Ai meme without verifying any of the false information? That's right! Librarians!
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
And who's passing around this garbage Ai meme without verifying any of the false information? That's right! Librarians!
New at The Symptoms: Beach Impediment - all about getting in touch with your inner venom.
thesymptoms.substack.com/p/beach-impe...
thesymptoms.substack.com/p/beach-impe...
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
New at The Symptoms: Beach Impediment - all about getting in touch with your inner venom.
thesymptoms.substack.com/p/beach-impe...
thesymptoms.substack.com/p/beach-impe...
You get it? The "emergency" is that hungry citizens might receive food. That's where we are, America.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
You get it? The "emergency" is that hungry citizens might receive food. That's where we are, America.
Can someone whip up a FIFA Photography Prize real quick?
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can someone whip up a FIFA Photography Prize real quick?
Mamdani: "After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
(Crowd pauses, decides to ignore the non-logic in this, cheers uproariously.)
(Crowd pauses, decides to ignore the non-logic in this, cheers uproariously.)
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Mamdani: "After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
(Crowd pauses, decides to ignore the non-logic in this, cheers uproariously.)
(Crowd pauses, decides to ignore the non-logic in this, cheers uproariously.)
You guys say "back to the Dark Ages" like it's a bad thing.
August 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You guys say "back to the Dark Ages" like it's a bad thing.