Ash Higgins
@ashhiggins.bsky.social
“From the ground, we stand; From our ships, we live; By the stars, we hope."
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Ash Higgins
@ashhiggins.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Just posting this again because I can: a new humanity, forged in the crucible of intergalactic war has spread throughout the galaxy; among them are millions of Muslims who must return to Earth for Hajj. Meet the crew: 🧵
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Obviously this means Trump now needs to have control over all US bishop appointments like we're in 17th century France
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Obviously this means Trump now needs to have control over all US bishop appointments like we're in 17th century France
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We need more young, brave people to stand up and step out and be active community leaders and elected representatives.
Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
We need more young, brave people to stand up and step out and be active community leaders and elected representatives.
Think I'll be catching this instead of Wuthering Heights because it looks both romantic and utterly BATSHIT. (shout out to @theabigailthorn.bsky.social since this appeared in the advertising on her channel, otherwise I would never have known it even existed)
100 NIGHTS OF HERO Trailer (2025) Maika Monroe | Maika Monroe Spellbinding Tale of Love, Courage
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November 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Think I'll be catching this instead of Wuthering Heights because it looks both romantic and utterly BATSHIT. (shout out to @theabigailthorn.bsky.social since this appeared in the advertising on her channel, otherwise I would never have known it even existed)
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i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
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Why is he announcing this like a limited edition DARCWOLVES athleisure drop
"narco-terrorist" as a phrase is so phenomenal. combining the two biggest, decades-long foreign policy failures since the end of the cold war. i'm sure it'll work.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Why is he announcing this like a limited edition DARCWOLVES athleisure drop
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This is as true of Gavin Newsom as it is of any newspaper or political party you'd care to name
Maintaining a transphobic line as an institution is indicative of other problems that institution may not be so eager to advertise.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is as true of Gavin Newsom as it is of any newspaper or political party you'd care to name
If this makes someone mad, they are a a bad person
Johns Hopkins University to offer free tuition to families making under $200,000
Tuition will be free for more students at Johns Hopkins University
The university will also cover the room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If this makes someone mad, they are a a bad person
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“We killed a bird, cooked it, and ate it as part of a feast day,” is to my knowledge a concept which every culture has. How can one possible fail at comprehending the Thanksgiving turkey?
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“We killed a bird, cooked it, and ate it as part of a feast day,” is to my knowledge a concept which every culture has. How can one possible fail at comprehending the Thanksgiving turkey?
Watching The Banker (2020) and it's... schmaltzy and oversimplistic (and likely as inaccurate as any "based on a true story" movie will be by definition) but it's also wholesome and optimistic in a way I needed this morning.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Watching The Banker (2020) and it's... schmaltzy and oversimplistic (and likely as inaccurate as any "based on a true story" movie will be by definition) but it's also wholesome and optimistic in a way I needed this morning.
If you don’t have kids you can’t say anything about kids, that includes saying they shouldn’t be trafficked and abused by the rich. Fucking lunacy.
![FB user: I am not going to say you can tell if someone would sell their kid to a sex trafficking ring based on their support of this admin. But I sure will write it.
The Bulwark
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Q: "Why are White House officials...meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room”
[picture of White House press secretary Leavitt]
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November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you don’t have kids you can’t say anything about kids, that includes saying they shouldn’t be trafficked and abused by the rich. Fucking lunacy.
I think the reason I enjoyed Materialists is that it's structured far closer to a "thriller," in terms of how the story is structured and edited. There's also this creepy dystopian vibe when people are constantly talked about in terms of "value," so the "big reveal" is about that
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I think the reason I enjoyed Materialists is that it's structured far closer to a "thriller," in terms of how the story is structured and edited. There's also this creepy dystopian vibe when people are constantly talked about in terms of "value," so the "big reveal" is about that
People love to say transphobic/xenophobic shit to retail sales personnel because, on some level, they know we can't respond, so they can smugly say mean-spirited bullshit and feel like they did something because we couldn't dunk on them like Michael Jordan because a retail store isn't Facebook.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
People love to say transphobic/xenophobic shit to retail sales personnel because, on some level, they know we can't respond, so they can smugly say mean-spirited bullshit and feel like they did something because we couldn't dunk on them like Michael Jordan because a retail store isn't Facebook.
Sugar, We're Going Down Kung-Fu Fighting
Sugar, We're Going Down Kung-Fu Fighting
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This is the real original one, if you see anybody not named
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November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sugar, We're Going Down Kung-Fu Fighting
Rebuilding AFTER homelessness is whole ordeal in and itself informed by this gnawing feeling that it can happen again. “Explain this gap in your resume” can make you break out in a cold sweat.
I'm a mad person who's lived on the streets & knows a lot of mad people & I know that people like me are disproportionately inclined to homelessness & I don't like when that gets taken out of the conversation. But our reality is that late stage American capitalism can push anyone to the streets.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Rebuilding AFTER homelessness is whole ordeal in and itself informed by this gnawing feeling that it can happen again. “Explain this gap in your resume” can make you break out in a cold sweat.
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I'm a mad person who's lived on the streets & knows a lot of mad people & I know that people like me are disproportionately inclined to homelessness & I don't like when that gets taken out of the conversation. But our reality is that late stage American capitalism can push anyone to the streets.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm a mad person who's lived on the streets & knows a lot of mad people & I know that people like me are disproportionately inclined to homelessness & I don't like when that gets taken out of the conversation. But our reality is that late stage American capitalism can push anyone to the streets.
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Every time I read what the government does to hurt our veterans, I think of Dan Crenshaw. He supports the convicted felon and ignores our veterans.
More than ⚠️1.2 MILLION⚠️ veterans depend on SNAP.
Republicans don’t respect veterans’ service. They won’t even keep hunger from their door.
On #VeteransDay, show real appreciation for those who have served by protecting essential support like SNAP.
www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Republicans don’t respect veterans’ service. They won’t even keep hunger from their door.
On #VeteransDay, show real appreciation for those who have served by protecting essential support like SNAP.
www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
Plans to halt food stamps Nov. 1 will impact more than 1 million veterans
Monthly food stamps to low-income veterans will end Nov. 1, as funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is scheduled to run out.
www.stripes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Every time I read what the government does to hurt our veterans, I think of Dan Crenshaw. He supports the convicted felon and ignores our veterans.
Men will often choose to become monstrous because they seek power. Women will often choose to become monstrous out of self defense.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Men will often choose to become monstrous because they seek power. Women will often choose to become monstrous out of self defense.
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If there is one immutable law of politics, it’s that the “cover up is worse than the crime.”
In this case, both are pretty effing egregious.
In this case, both are pretty effing egregious.
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If there is one immutable law of politics, it’s that the “cover up is worse than the crime.”
In this case, both are pretty effing egregious.
In this case, both are pretty effing egregious.
Y’all ever dream of a world at peace and wake up crying because it feels as distant and possible as roses on the moon?
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Y’all ever dream of a world at peace and wake up crying because it feels as distant and possible as roses on the moon?
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PFC Melvin Kaminsky, a forward artillery observer with the 1104th Engineer Combat Group, speaking on his career later in life. He once said, "Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”
It's Hedley!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
PFC Melvin Kaminsky, a forward artillery observer with the 1104th Engineer Combat Group, speaking on his career later in life. He once said, "Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”
This aged like fucking milk. I don't see any posts from these folks anymore.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This aged like fucking milk. I don't see any posts from these folks anymore.
"You can't tax that money because I made it IN SPACE!"
How the Wealthy Hack the World with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"You can't tax that money because I made it IN SPACE!"
Are we sure it's "autism" and not "charismatic bullies running to principle every time the people they were bullying punched them in the fucking mouth" or....?
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Are we sure it's "autism" and not "charismatic bullies running to principle every time the people they were bullying punched them in the fucking mouth" or....?
There are times when a sense of humor is NOT a force multiplier
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There are times when a sense of humor is NOT a force multiplier