Ashley Blewer
@ashleyblewer.com
💻〰️ 👩💻 archivist, developer, educator 👩💻〰️ 💻
& @ashley@digipres.club too
& @ashley@digipres.club too
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almost as surprising as the glow up from being artie the strongest man in the world to halt and catch fire's john bosworth
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
almost as surprising as the glow up from being artie the strongest man in the world to halt and catch fire's john bosworth
v recently found out that endless mike grew up to play a perpetual scoundrel in the tv show Silo
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
v recently found out that endless mike grew up to play a perpetual scoundrel in the tv show Silo
if you have one of those $2 trader joe's advent calendars and want to use it to count down only workdays left until Christmas, approximately now is the time to start opening boxes
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
if you have one of those $2 trader joe's advent calendars and want to use it to count down only workdays left until Christmas, approximately now is the time to start opening boxes
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A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A former Fetterman advisor texted me: “I think what comes across is the reality of who he is, which is a petulant child who never became a man and is always the victim of his own narrative—even though he’s never had a real job and lives off his dad’s money. It's all pretty sad and pathetic."
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it only took 5 years for @jaspercwang.bsky.social to become a blogger, but we did it.
Reflections on five years in worker-owned media: defector.com/reflections-...
Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media | Defector
As I finally got to work on writing Defector’s fifth Annual Report, I found myself noodling on some broader thoughts about the worker-owned media landscape. Tom said some sections would work as a…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
it only took 5 years for @jaspercwang.bsky.social to become a blogger, but we did it.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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“Me too,” said a field mouse. “I have not seen anything funny in a long time.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“Me too,” said a field mouse. “I have not seen anything funny in a long time.”
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Working in film archives means protecting that which matters most. 📽️📜
November 17, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Working in film archives means protecting that which matters most. 📽️📜
fleetingly considering getting my groove back
November 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
fleetingly considering getting my groove back
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hi!!!! you may notice that Nov. 7 has Happened Already; we're gonna push back the submission deadline to Sunday, December 21st. please please please keep sending us stuff, we would love to publish your stories and poems!!
excited to announce the fourth issue of New Session, the world's premiere telnet-based literary magazine
"Upheaval"
submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release
read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4
"Upheaval"
submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release
read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
hi!!!! you may notice that Nov. 7 has Happened Already; we're gonna push back the submission deadline to Sunday, December 21st. please please please keep sending us stuff, we would love to publish your stories and poems!!
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A very stark reminder why no one goes out on foot after dark in Churchill, Manitoba. This mom and her cubs came just off the beach and behind the town complex. The Polar Bear Alert staff gently herded them away from town to keep everyone safe. #mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A very stark reminder why no one goes out on foot after dark in Churchill, Manitoba. This mom and her cubs came just off the beach and behind the town complex. The Polar Bear Alert staff gently herded them away from town to keep everyone safe. #mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
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This morning was about the girls, it was a girls-only affair & I was a rooster in the hen house. Thousands of Mumma #ChristmasIsland Red Crabs released the next generation. Timed to perfection the ladies spawned their clutch into sea, nature will take its course now. #redcrabmigration #traveladdicts
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This morning was about the girls, it was a girls-only affair & I was a rooster in the hen house. Thousands of Mumma #ChristmasIsland Red Crabs released the next generation. Timed to perfection the ladies spawned their clutch into sea, nature will take its course now. #redcrabmigration #traveladdicts
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#othernetworks zine coming soon (not son) and get ready for alllllll the typos
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
#othernetworks zine coming soon (not son) and get ready for alllllll the typos
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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Has anyone checked OpenRefine for accessibliity requirements?
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Has anyone checked OpenRefine for accessibliity requirements?
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
The overarching theme of Slow Horses season 3 so far seems to be "archives work is what you have to do when you're being bureaucratically punished" jokes on me for choosing this
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The overarching theme of Slow Horses season 3 so far seems to be "archives work is what you have to do when you're being bureaucratically punished" jokes on me for choosing this
showa era, heisei era, reiwa era, suica penguin era 😭 japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/com...
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
showa era, heisei era, reiwa era, suica penguin era 😭 japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/com...
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good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
we get good news too!
Larry Krasner has been reelected to a third term as Philadelphia district attorney, according to unofficial returns.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
we get good news too!
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everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
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#iPRES2025 Keynote by The Hon. Simon Kofe from Tuvalu. He discusses the sovereign rights in precarious times thanks to climate change.
They could be the first digital nation: the first to exist fully online without a physical country. And he discusses what that may look like
They could be the first digital nation: the first to exist fully online without a physical country. And he discusses what that may look like
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#iPRES2025 Keynote by The Hon. Simon Kofe from Tuvalu. He discusses the sovereign rights in precarious times thanks to climate change.
They could be the first digital nation: the first to exist fully online without a physical country. And he discusses what that may look like
They could be the first digital nation: the first to exist fully online without a physical country. And he discusses what that may look like