Ashley GR
ashleygr.bsky.social
Ashley GR
@ashleygr.bsky.social
Lover of moss and all things green. Dancer, hiker, professional body nerd and generally queer.
On a personal note, as a single mother who has been accused of being paranoid or jealous or overreacting.

I was right.

I was really really right .

I hate being right.

God for once I would love to be wrong
March 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What happens when the largest health insurer in a region decides to close its doors?

We'll find out soon!
February 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My updated birth certificate arrived today.

My name change is officially complete.

I had no idea how much that meant to me until this moment.

Holy crap, it's done!
February 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A chill Saturday morning and sunny spot knitting
February 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I finally watched the Wicked film last night & in addition to it being an incredible adaptation of the musical, it is exactly the kind of art & storytelling we need right now.

It's not an accident that a hyper relevant film about rising fascism is coming from an AAPI director with a Black lead.
February 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Not a single reporter at the Superbowl asked any of the Eagles why they didn't fly the Fellowship to Mordor.
February 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The kids are with their dad this week, so after seeing today's news I called them up to tell them I loved them.

My 15 year old is avoiding the news. Today they were spooked by imaginary numbers and a 1200 word essay.

I needed to hear that normalcy.

Time to dissociate.
February 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Not for nothing but everyone realizes that these teenagers and 20 somethings who have complete access to the Treasury payment source code are now #1 espionage recruitment targets for Russia and China, right?
February 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm currently enrolled in Dr. Bri Whiteside's Octavia Butler Mixtape on Substack and have 5 free memberships to give away.

Anyone wanna join me? We're in the middle of Kindred, up next is Patternist.
February 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
open.substack.com/pub/drrubin/...

Well this is fascinating, especially as someone who suffers from PMDD and had a life-threatening experience with serotonin syndrome.
Does Pepcid Treat Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)?
What does the science say?
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Big reminder that my small community is truly special.

Last night I got to meet one of my heroes, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, and tell her about the serviceberries at my favorite park.

This human, her work, and getting to witness it in person is a true gift, one I'll never forget.
January 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hey friends, I'm wanting to start buying digital music rather than rely on streaming.

What's your favorite place to get MP3 albums? Bandcamp seems great, but doesn't have people like Hozier.

I already have a Plex server, but open to other suggestions.
January 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Dance really does make everything better.
January 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The best gaslighters don't try to convince you of the truth. They get you to convince yourself that you don't know the truth. That your truth is one of many acceptable truths and only exists because of your skewed perspective.
January 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Current reading list.

And this doesn't even touch my latest library haul.
January 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Anyone else suddenly getting a bunch of ads for Jesus products and evangelical pastors on TT?

So I'm not all doom and gloom, look, I went star gazing last night!
January 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And now Tiktok is back.

This feels like the stuff my mom used to pull as a teen about letting me see friends.

No you can't. Yes you can, but only if you do these chores. That wasn't enough, you can't. Well, now you can, you better be grateful.

US gov't: the abusive, coercively controlling parent
January 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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"Sometimes I ache for faithlessness:
the comfort of the hopelessly lost
...
Hope draws you up, stumbling and sore,
to run another mile through the thorns."

by @kwannonmusic.bsky.social, who always manages to dig into my soul with poetry <3
January 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If they can turn off (apparently multiple) social media sites like a switch...

They can do the same for porn.

It's in Project 2025. What're the chances they go that far?
January 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is wild.

Anyone else seriously disturbed that every media source is bowing down to the new regime?

I've never seen anything like this before.
January 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
At this point in my life I've had so many people I admire turn out to be monsters that I'm just...unphased.

Sexual predation is too common, and too accepted.
January 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yoinked from a Tiktok comment.

@fierybrunette:Tiktok helped so many women realize what abuse looks like. The same week of its ban, FB goes back to allowing women to be referred as "household objects/property"
it's NOT a coincidence

This, so much this.
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Anyone else move from Goodreads to Fable? I could use some book friends over there.

fable.co/invite/?refe...
fable.co
January 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM