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Ashfae

@ashfae.bsky.social
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American ex-pat in Scotland. I read a lot. Much more active in Tumblr. Sometimes if I'm lucky I write things. Definitely over 21, mostly she/her. Likely to post about politics, Good Omens, and random interesting things.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Have had that horrible experience of being asked to change the briefest paragraph in one of my books so a particular foreign publisher could avoid arrest in that country’s massive LGBTQ+ crackdown. I had to decline and therefore not be published - you don’t negotiate with tyrants - but what a world.
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
GOD I hate AI. Every time I think I can't hate it more I'm proved wrong.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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The demon's demon | #GNUSTP | 🖤🤍 🗝 🪽 @ainthavingit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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cassieoh @cassieoh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You know what's a cool thing we can do as members of a community that is Going Through It right now? Acknowledge and respect each other's feelings on things even when we dont understand them. We dont have to feel the thing to respect it & we dont have to agree to care about each other.
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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"Trans people require lifelong medical care" Everyone requires lifelong medical care you fucking dipshit
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We're in the world, not against it.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Imagine how many jobs intense investment in climate mitigation + adaption would create, how pleasant + healthy life could be in cool, clean, comfortable towns filled with greenery, affordable energy bills, with money left over for things that matter to us, the benefits to local businesses.
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Penncat @pennicat.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Looks to me like Murrell fairly clearly had a shopping addiction. No one genuinely thinks they need 9 vacuum cleaners. It’s no excuse for anything but it is a partial explanation. And addiction is an illness and that maybe should be considered (my aunt had a shopping addiction, so. Like. Feelings.).
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Mugs in drawers and watches in cupboards: What police pictures tell us about Peter Murrell's illicit purchases
Dozens of new images released by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service now show some of the items he purchased illegally.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Crocheted canopy for shade in public space, created by 40 local women of Cartaya, Spain #WomensArt
Three photos of a crocheted canopy stretched over a street in many circular patterns and colours
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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Make stuff.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat
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Cavox @cavox.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I keep this one saved
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I loved the last episode of The Amazing Digital Circus. Loved it.
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Tricksy Spirit 👻🤍🖤 @tricksyspirit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I cannot stress enough we have to focus on the bigger problem here: however you feel about the finale, as a group we need to firmly call out the bullies who are sending threats to the cast and crew and even other fans and tell them that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable.
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Eric | Nobody Crown @nobodycrown.com · 13/06/2026
It took me 2.5 years to do it, but I released my first full game on Steam a month ago. It's about a cat detective solving a murder and a heist in a museum... I think it's neat. You should purchase and play it~! 🖤🔎 #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev
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Shimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 13/06/2026
When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 04/06/2026
Oh god my eyes (I did ten years of Ancient Greek. This turns out to be a really bad idea in the context of this) FYI, it's Ὀδύσσεια or ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ (sorry can't figure out how to put the accent and the soft breathing with my keyboard. Also the Y/u/upsilon was RIGHT THERE, why reach for the ψ!)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Happy pride month. In 2024, NASA created a pride flag made of various space imagery. For weeks, it was the most-liked image on Bluesky. Under the Trump administration, NASA was forced to delete it. www.southernfriedscience.com/the-story-of...
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The story of the pride flag made from NASA imagery: Bluesky’s most-liked image
Last June, a striking image of a pride flag made up of NASA imagery became the most-liked post on the new social media network Bluesky, a post it held for 2 months. I spoke with its creator Rachel …
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chaoticlivi @chaoticlivi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
#GoodOmens #GoodOmens3 #GoodOmens3Spoilers I think this absolutely beautiful fic deserves so much attention. In my opinion, it has something for everyone's finale feelings, though of course you should check the tags and summary first. I strongly recommend it! archiveofourown.org/works/85453506
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King Orfeo - mostlyjustgoose - Good Omens (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This version is so very worth reading.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Such an important statement. Many identified the impact this would have on the disabled community, or people with intersectional needs. It all negates dignity and massively overestimates available facilities. The suggestion trans+ people should “just use” accessible toilets harms both groups
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.
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The Ineffable Con 😇🥂😈 | AntichristMAS 12.12 @theineffablecon.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
With thanks to those that requested it, we are organising a sympathy card for Rachel Talalay following the loss of her husband and would like to invite #GoodOmens fans to sign (1/4): groupcards.io/share/ksdzwG...
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Group Cards - Sign Rachel Talalay's card
Add your message to Rachel Talalay's card.
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FunkyEarthChild/EyesOnHisThighs @funkyearthchild.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
##GOSPOILERS Astronomy fun time. Anthony and Asa are looking at the Milky Way. Admittedly, not a great screenshot of it here. You know what's there? The constellation Serpens (snake). You know what's in Serpens? Eagle Nebula. You know what's in the Eagle Nebula? The Pillars of Creation. But wait -
Screenshot of the ending scene from Good Omens season 3. Two Adirondack chairs are side by side, forming a heart shape together against the backdrop of a starry sky. A telescope can be seen. There is an apple tree. There are steps leading up to where the chairs are. Next to the steps is a group of objects on displ such as a feather duster and a lamp and bottles of wine and whiskey.
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This dog was a three term mayor of Whoville.
A scruffy looking brown dog with hair coming out of his ears
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
So happy about this!
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魅繰(みくり)@新刊通販プロフ欄 @mikuri00000000.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
hollow
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 08/05/2026
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Bess Hamilton @besshamilton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
No public service (education, health care, public transit, postal service etc.) should be run like a business. Business only serves investors. Public services serve the people. All of them.
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
For once, do read the comments. *still laughing*
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What the hell www.newyorker.com/culture/prog...
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AlwaysTuesday @alwaystuesday.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
So er… Thinking again about the posters and the use of “Lorem Ipsum”. I recalled that while the traditional placeholder text of lorem ipsum is nonsense Latin, it is based on a scrambled up version of a real text. Just looked up that text as a reminder. It’s Cicero’s “De finibus bonorum et malorum"
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Lady Talia @djtalia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Tonight, thousands of Jews and Palestinians came together in Tel Aviv for the People's Peace Summit in an urgent call for justice and peace. Our extremist government will keep choosing death over life and dragging us toward more loss to serve its agenda.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Homeless people should be housed They should have places to sit, clean washrooms to use and access to food & healthcare Anti-homeless architecture is cruel & unusual punishment It also harms the disabled. When they limit seating & washrooms… public spaces become inaccessible.
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Yes, I'm appalled by the #GoodOmens AI pizza promo thing and am glad it's gone. A huge part of why the show has such a devoted fan base is because of the incredible attention put into it by the geniuses who built the set, made props, designed costumes. They and we all deserve better than AI slop.
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I have tickets to the cinema release of the last #TADC episode BWHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAA I mean, err, my kid and her friend begged me to take them so I'm being a kind parent and doing so and have no personal stake in the viewing whatsoever. Nope.
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𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 @sagegarnish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
When antis insist "people should just stop writing gross fanfics" I always think of this quote Everyone will not "just", so you need to start blocking/muting, and getting over it, or you're going to drive yourself mad
If your solution to some problem relies on “If everyone would just…” then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At not time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and they’re not going to start now
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/04/2026
A Beverly Hills rose. BH smells fantastic this time of year.
The rose is yellowish orange and red.
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Dear self: WRITE THE FILMHOUSE AND BEG THEM TO SHOW THIS
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This. It's real, it's happening, she's been putting frankly obscene amounts of money directly into changing our laws to hurt people, for years now. I loved HP as much as anyone. I wrote so much fic and the fandom kept me going during one of the hardest years of my life. But I won't support this.
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Ashfae @ashfae.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
No prizes for guessing what this reminds me of...!
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