David A. Ashton
@davidaashton.bsky.social
Wherever I lay my ankle monitor, that's my home.
"We know you all hate AI, but have you considered that you might all be wrong?"
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"We know you all hate AI, but have you considered that you might all be wrong?"
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
Sometimes I look at the news and I just don't know what to think or feel about it.
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sometimes I look at the news and I just don't know what to think or feel about it.
Just over two hours until opening time for the new Metro loop stations in Melbourne.
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just over two hours until opening time for the new Metro loop stations in Melbourne.
Funny how the mainstreaming of tattoos has led to the growth of the tattoo removal industry.
From former Nazis to refugees and DV survivors, tattoo removal is giving Australians a ‘second chance’
Gang signs, brands and swastikas are some of the symbols that many people no longer want permanently etched on their bodies
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Funny how the mainstreaming of tattoos has led to the growth of the tattoo removal industry.
They should reboot Twins with new actors, but it's also a sequel to Kindergarten Cop with Schwarzenegger returning as the Kindergarten Cop.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
They should reboot Twins with new actors, but it's also a sequel to Kindergarten Cop with Schwarzenegger returning as the Kindergarten Cop.
Has anyone written about how Running Man is a sort of popcorn-movie counterpart to One Battle After Another? They'd make a great double bill.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Has anyone written about how Running Man is a sort of popcorn-movie counterpart to One Battle After Another? They'd make a great double bill.
"We Built This City" is a good song, actually
"We Built This City" is a good song, actually
www.avclub.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Heisenberg: I've heard rumors you have a cat living in a box. Or maybe the cat's dead.
Schrödinger: It's true. All of it.
Schrödinger: It's true. All of it.
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Heisenberg: I've heard rumors you have a cat living in a box. Or maybe the cat's dead.
Schrödinger: It's true. All of it.
Schrödinger: It's true. All of it.
Urban wildlife.
November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Urban wildlife.
I need a mnemonic or something so I can tell The Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds apart. Any suggestions?
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I need a mnemonic or something so I can tell The Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds apart. Any suggestions?
Just re-watched Fargo season 2. I remember being underwhelmed the first time around but this time I thought it was really great. Don't know why I didn't appreciate it before.
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Just re-watched Fargo season 2. I remember being underwhelmed the first time around but this time I thought it was really great. Don't know why I didn't appreciate it before.
Roses are red,
Seems only fair,
Look at my works,
Ye mighty and despair.
Seems only fair,
Look at my works,
Ye mighty and despair.
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Roses are red,
Seems only fair,
Look at my works,
Ye mighty and despair.
Seems only fair,
Look at my works,
Ye mighty and despair.
Reposted by David A. Ashton
Love this Edward Gorey quote: "Anything that is art is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Love this Edward Gorey quote: "Anything that is art is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no good having one without the other, because if you just have the something it is boring and if you just have the something else it’s irritating.”
@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social NYT is trolling you now...
October 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@vcorenmitchell.bsky.social NYT is trolling you now...
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If all you get is clips of Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan from the 1950s, it's Goonscrolling.
If all you see is bitterns in breeding season, it’s boomscrolling.
If the algorithm's just showing you Optimistic, Brightly Coloured 90s Adverts For Jumpers it's Life, Liberty And Fruit Of The Loom Scrolling
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If all you get is clips of Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan from the 1950s, it's Goonscrolling.
Anyone needing some cheap French tiaras etc DM me.
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Anyone needing some cheap French tiaras etc DM me.
Not really unhinged, but I think short seasons don't work for Dr Who. The show takes creative risks and not all pay off. There'll be some that are weak, hopefully some that are different enough to be divisive but you need more than 10 to ensure that there's at least a few really good stories.
Tell me your most unhinged Doctor Who opinion. I mean, if you’re a fan, they’re likely all unhinged anyway.
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not really unhinged, but I think short seasons don't work for Dr Who. The show takes creative risks and not all pay off. There'll be some that are weak, hopefully some that are different enough to be divisive but you need more than 10 to ensure that there's at least a few really good stories.
If he's giving up his titles why is he calling himself "Prince" Andrew?
October 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If he's giving up his titles why is he calling himself "Prince" Andrew?
Jon Pertwee was the first female Doctor.
Tell me your most unhinged Doctor Who opinion. I mean, if you’re a fan, they’re likely all unhinged anyway.
October 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jon Pertwee was the first female Doctor.
Who'd have thought that the next US civil war would be between the imaginative and the delusional?
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Who'd have thought that the next US civil war would be between the imaginative and the delusional?
Reposted by David A. Ashton
Reposted by David A. Ashton
Why is Jared Leto?
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Why is Jared Leto?
Only a matter of time before Trump, Putin, Netanyahu et al sew themselves into a human centipede to more directly gobble each other's bullshit.
Trump thanks Putin for saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is INSANE
This is INSANE
October 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Only a matter of time before Trump, Putin, Netanyahu et al sew themselves into a human centipede to more directly gobble each other's bullshit.