Ashley Kelmore
@askwrites.bsky.social
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askmusings.com
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🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary people exist.
Hating generative AI is my personality now.
askmusings.com
she/her
🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary people exist.
Hating generative AI is my personality now.
I listened this morning and it was a great conversation. Listen now to learn some interesting things about organizing and game workers!
It's out! My chat with Callum Cant for the Notes From Below podcast was a lot of fun.
We talked through why we need to organize and unionize the video games industry, what that looks like in practice, and started by talking about the Rockstar situation.
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We talked through why we need to organize and unionize the video games industry, what that looks like in practice, and started by talking about the Rockstar situation.
pocketcasts.com/podcast/work...
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I listened this morning and it was a great conversation. Listen now to learn some interesting things about organizing and game workers!
YESSSSSSS!!!! Go Scotland!!! 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
YESSSSSSS!!!! Go Scotland!!! 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Obviously it isn't up to me to question a professional referee as a very low level referee myself but that Scotland foul looked to be outside the box. To me, that's a direct free kick right outside the corner of the box, not a penalty.
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Obviously it isn't up to me to question a professional referee as a very low level referee myself but that Scotland foul looked to be outside the box. To me, that's a direct free kick right outside the corner of the box, not a penalty.
A month ago we were still in Greece. Ugh, that was such a good trip. Already thinking about our next visit.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A month ago we were still in Greece. Ugh, that was such a good trip. Already thinking about our next visit.
Currently at an assistant referee training seminar. Like 60 people. Only one woman: me.
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Currently at an assistant referee training seminar. Like 60 people. Only one woman: me.
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Thinking of all the liberals who endlessly told me that the Biden admin would never, ever knowingly support war crimes.
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Thinking of all the liberals who endlessly told me that the Biden admin would never, ever knowingly support war crimes.
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Can't denounce racism when you yourself are Islamophobic. That's the bottom line re: both Gillibrand, Schumer and many other Democrats.
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Can't denounce racism when you yourself are Islamophobic. That's the bottom line re: both Gillibrand, Schumer and many other Democrats.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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Amazon and Walmart are two of the biggest recipients of SNAP and Medicaid funds because they don't take care of their employees. Families working 40+ hours a week requiring gov subsistence. In Canada they go to food pantries to make ends meet.
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Amazon and Walmart are two of the biggest recipients of SNAP and Medicaid funds because they don't take care of their employees. Families working 40+ hours a week requiring gov subsistence. In Canada they go to food pantries to make ends meet.
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
Corporations are the real "welfare queens" of society
I worked two cup semi-final matches today (first time as an assistant referee, then as the center ref with assistants for the first time) and it was hard. Doing something new with refereeing like four months into being a ref was cool but woof I still have so much to learn.
November 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I worked two cup semi-final matches today (first time as an assistant referee, then as the center ref with assistants for the first time) and it was hard. Doing something new with refereeing like four months into being a ref was cool but woof I still have so much to learn.
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It's a Ponzi scheme. And these people at our universities have got us involved.
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's a Ponzi scheme. And these people at our universities have got us involved.
This morning I met three new friends for brunch, then this afternoon I sang three 30-minute sets with my choir at Brewhemia. Came home to delicious chili made by @austinkelmore.com and finishing it up with F1.
Great day. But also:
Great day. But also:
a cat is laying on a bed with its head on its paws and looking at the camera .
ALT: a cat is laying on a bed with its head on its paws and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This morning I met three new friends for brunch, then this afternoon I sang three 30-minute sets with my choir at Brewhemia. Came home to delicious chili made by @austinkelmore.com and finishing it up with F1.
Great day. But also:
Great day. But also:
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
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Let's be clear: this is the result of deliberate political choices to make accessing trans healthcare substantially impossible. It's what Streeting and his ilk want.
In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.
224 YEARS.
This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.
We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.
224 YEARS.
This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.
We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Let's be clear: this is the result of deliberate political choices to make accessing trans healthcare substantially impossible. It's what Streeting and his ilk want.
The only appropriate concerns one should have about trans student athletes are making sure they have the full support of their universities.
Sport must be trans inclusive. Period.
Fucking hell.
www.them.us/story/kamala...
Sport must be trans inclusive. Period.
Fucking hell.
www.them.us/story/kamala...
Kamala Harris Says She Has “Concerns” About Trans Student Athletes
The former vice president said that the Trump campaign mischaracterized her in its “Harris Is for They/Them” campaign ad.
www.them.us
September 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The only appropriate concerns one should have about trans student athletes are making sure they have the full support of their universities.
Sport must be trans inclusive. Period.
Fucking hell.
www.them.us/story/kamala...
Sport must be trans inclusive. Period.
Fucking hell.
www.them.us/story/kamala...
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I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?
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Good. But this must only be the first step.
It doesn't end Labour's complicity in the ongoing atrocities in Palestine.
UK-made weapons are used, UK forces train Israel's army, and Israel's president is welcomed to Downing Street.
We urgently need an end to the genocide.
It doesn't end Labour's complicity in the ongoing atrocities in Palestine.
UK-made weapons are used, UK forces train Israel's army, and Israel's president is welcomed to Downing Street.
We urgently need an end to the genocide.
BREAKING NEWS: Canada, UK and Australia say they recognize a Palestinian state as part of efforts to pile pressure on Israel over Gaza. Follow live updates:
https://cnn.it/3VtaMRI
https://cnn.it/3VtaMRI
September 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Good. But this must only be the first step.
It doesn't end Labour's complicity in the ongoing atrocities in Palestine.
UK-made weapons are used, UK forces train Israel's army, and Israel's president is welcomed to Downing Street.
We urgently need an end to the genocide.
It doesn't end Labour's complicity in the ongoing atrocities in Palestine.
UK-made weapons are used, UK forces train Israel's army, and Israel's president is welcomed to Downing Street.
We urgently need an end to the genocide.
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Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
edmontonjournal.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Hey, so...Covid rates have gotten real high. Maybe change your behavior to fit this new risk profile? Stop eating indoors at restaurants, mask on mass transit, that kind of thing?
I beg your finest pardon? What in the actual fuck?
It's wild how the media insists on called hate speech 'free speech.' Like, I guess it technically is, but also you are journalists. When there is a more precise phrase to use, you should use it.
Fucking hell.
It's wild how the media insists on called hate speech 'free speech.' Like, I guess it technically is, but also you are journalists. When there is a more precise phrase to use, you should use it.
Fucking hell.
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I beg your finest pardon? What in the actual fuck?
It's wild how the media insists on called hate speech 'free speech.' Like, I guess it technically is, but also you are journalists. When there is a more precise phrase to use, you should use it.
Fucking hell.
It's wild how the media insists on called hate speech 'free speech.' Like, I guess it technically is, but also you are journalists. When there is a more precise phrase to use, you should use it.
Fucking hell.
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And this has happened *without* a massive sea change of actual popular opinion in favour of these thugs; the elite flip has not been responding to the public, but to social media
It's a tad concerning that columnists who five years ago would've condemned today's marchers as racist thugs, are today implicitly or explicitly supportive
September 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And this has happened *without* a massive sea change of actual popular opinion in favour of these thugs; the elite flip has not been responding to the public, but to social media
My 33rd review of 2025: "Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything" by Alyson Stoner. #ASKReviews #Books #CBR17 askmusings.com/semi-well-ad...
Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything
Four Stars Best for: Fans of honest memoirs; those interested in learning more about the lives of child stars. In a nutshell: Dancer, actor, singer, songwriter, podcaster Stoner shares the first 25…
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September 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My 33rd review of 2025: "Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything" by Alyson Stoner. #ASKReviews #Books #CBR17 askmusings.com/semi-well-ad...
In a work meeting and one set of presenters has used the term "pain points" at least ten times.
Workplaces are so fucking ridiculous.
Workplaces are so fucking ridiculous.
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In a work meeting and one set of presenters has used the term "pain points" at least ten times.
Workplaces are so fucking ridiculous.
Workplaces are so fucking ridiculous.
Oh no thank you.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has formally announced his presidential campaign to be re-elected as FIA President, including details of his List and manifestos. #F1
www.planetf1.com/news/mohamme...
www.planetf1.com/news/mohamme...
Mohammed Ben Sulayem confirms run for re-election as FIA President
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has confirmed his intent to stand for re-election when the governing body holds its presidential vote later this year.
www.planetf1.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Oh no thank you.