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Ashley Kilmer

@ashleykilmer.bsky.social
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Qualitative researcher focusing on incarceration & punishment. Critical crim & abolitionist. || Like adding new tools to my teaching toolbox. || I have 2 dogs & 2 cats with nerdy names. || Opinions are my own.

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
State of Tennessee has failed in their attempt to kill this woman after injecting her with 2x dose of lethal injection drugs. They are now confused with what to do since they didn't kill her like they wanted to. State execution is fucked up and this is torture. Abolish Execution.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Phillies get a win! See everyone tomorrow
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Louise Belcher Stressed in Bob's Burgers
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone else feel like throwing up and/or passing out? Time for the bottom of the 10th! #Phillies
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lock in everyone, the #Phillies are about to play...
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pushing Duran out there in the 7th to try and cover three innings (and therefore he's also unavailable tomorrow) is outrageous bullpen fuckery. #Phillies are cooked
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now score some more runs and pad that lead #Phillies !
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Star Demands More!
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watching the Phillies concede the post season in the first inning
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Well, I want to die.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nothing like being a #Phillies fan and feeling like I'm going to hatewatch my own team tonight.
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Intense Angry Rage
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Phillies showing up for this final series
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Team Coco Clown Dancing and Waving
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As punishment for their absolutely awful, phoned-in play the few weeks, I think the #Phillies should have been required to still have their stupid pre-planned party. Everyone forced to show up with the goggles and fog machine and stand around in the clubhouse feeling extremely awkward.
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Cringe Party Lonely
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We’re SO close to Friday, but we’re not at our goal yet 👀 We’re looking for 250 new subscribers to The Inside Story, PJP’s FREE weekly newsletter featuring stories by incarcerated writer.
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Join the #PJPCommunity. Subscribe to The Inside Story.
The Inside Story is Prison Journalism Project's free newsletter, sent every Sunday, featuring stories written by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I swear I just heard the intro to Portishead's "Numb" played by the organ during the Nats- #Phillies game 🤔
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shout out to the student journalists at The Daily Iowan for reporting on the travesty that is Iowa's Center for Intellectual Freedom. With quotes from me dailyiowan.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Uncertainty in leadership, curriculum surrounds UI Center for Intellectual Freedom
In the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape...
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is there a word for when you somehow simultaneously feel full of rage but also dead inside? Because that's how I feel when I watch the #Phillies right now.
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Charlie Day's Migraine Head Rub
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Is there any way to make packing and moving suck less? Anything? Any.thing. I'm begging.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Totally normal pictures of my chonky tuxedo cat... #Caturday
Tuxedo cat looking like she's been stabbed with a kitchen knife catnip toy. Her mouth is wide open in dramatic fashion. She's not hurt - I just caught her in mid-yawn.Tuxedo cat holding a bloody kitchen knife catnip toy and contemplating murder.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So the new acronym to remember the names of the Great Lakes will be SHAME? How fitting. We are an absolute fucking clown show...
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Tom Senya Puts on Clown Mask
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Bought a house today! 🏠🔑 Very excited to be moving back into a more urban neighborhood with lots of great places within walking distance to explore.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Rockies vs. Appalachian Mountains Bluesky beef may be one of the most entertaining and educational beefs I've seen.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
How did I get sucked into following the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary results at 12:30am? I live in Delaware. Damn you, Bluesky.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
NO NEED FOR ANOTHER STARTING PITCHER! WE'RE FINE! #Phillies
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Serenity Now
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Zebra Swallowtail butterfly paid a visit today. I don't think they are super common around here. So pretty! 🦋 #Butterfly
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Co-signing here and I wish just *one* of these articles would point out the history of authoritarian regimes attacking sociology specifically because it makes authoritarians uncomfortable.
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026
I am once again requesting that trial by combat be an option for promotion to tenure, or at least an option to contest tenure denials. The aggrieved faculty should be able to nominate a champion to face the provost's champion or the provost themselves in single combat.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Okay - I've really been enjoying having Spirit City: Lofi Sessions playing while I am working. It's that little extra bit of motivation I sometimes need to stay focused on my tasks. I'm also a huge fan of all things hygge and cozy! #AcademicSky #ADHD #Productivity #Writing
Image from the productivity game Spirit City: Lofi Sessions. This game allows you to create a cozy room where your avatar can complete various tasks while you work in the real world. Game has to-do list, pomodoro timer, lo-fi playlist, sound mixer, habit tracker, and other features.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
🤢🤮🤬
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Happy Poop Series for those who celebrate #Phillies
Old scorebug for a Phillies and Pirates baseball game. When the score is 0 to 0, the teams' Ps and score spell "POOP." Sadly, NBC Philadelphia Sports network changed their scorebug design so this no longer happens. But we won't forget.
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Sarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"I did not yield my time - sir you have a gavel, you don't have a whip." Representative Justin Jones ✊
A tweet by Justin Jones features text about being stripped of committee assignments for protesting, next to a photo of two men, one raising a fist and another holding a flag, in a government chamber.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Every day I'm reminded of this quote from Crenshaw et al. “The very same Whites who administered explicit policies of segregation and racial domination kept their jobs as decision makers in employment offices of companies, admissions offices of schools, lending offices of banks, and so on.”
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
With so many players having migraines, maybe the #Phillies need to have the clubhouse checked for elevated carbon monoxide levels or something 😳
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 08/05/2026
Yep. This is why when places end cash bail, the conviction rate goes down. Because a lot of those convictions were just innocent Black folk taking plea deals for crimes that they 100% did not do, to avoid a life destroying year in jail. Like this.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Ooh a rare win for my university using garbage Blackboard as their LMS. Canvas hit by hackers today with over 9000 schools impacted 🫠 #highered #academicsky web.archive.org/web/20260507...
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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Giving poor people some money makes crime go down better than giving cops more money.  Says science.  We did the science.  We keep doing the science.  Nobody in a suit ever cares tho.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Headlines saying this Supreme Court decision "curtails the use of race" in voting are going to make me have a stroke. It empowers white supremacy. It does not curtail the use of race.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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Jeffrey B. Benyacar @drjeffreyb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Sadly there is a brutal truth here. #academicsky
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I just learned that it's Gritty's first playoff game 🫨 #Flyers #Gritty
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Time to stress watch game 2 of #Flyers vs Penguins!
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Rabbit @lochinvar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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Entrepreneurs Aren't a Special Breed - They're Mos...

Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something.
Middle class kids can afford one throw.
Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on.
Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work.
Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival.
They're the ones working it.
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
📢 Join Justice Studies Association for a free Zoom event Thursday, April 16th at 7:00pm Eastern as we discuss community organizing and mutual aid networks. Direct Message me or visit www.justicestudies.org to request Zoom link #AcademicSky #HigherEd #mutualaid
Join us for a discussion with Moe Hurst about community organizing and mutual aid networks. Moe will share their experience as a community organizer to highlight the importance of prefigurative politics in organizing, and why tying justice to equality from the onset is essential, especially when building networks of care.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Admin: You must meet the digital accessibility standards by the end of April. Faculty: This is a HUGE amount of work. What tools are you providing for us to do this? What time/compensation are you providing for us to do this? How are you evaluating compliance? Admin: 🤷 #highered #academicsky
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Lemon olive oil cake with chantilly cream and fresh berries. I'm happy with the final result 🥰
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Me watching the start of the #Phillies game:
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a man and a woman sitting at a table with the words well i want to die
Alt: GIF of Bill Murray saying "well I want to die" from the Royal Tennanbaums movie. This is a fitting sentiment while watching the Phillies forget how to play baseball.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals. And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked. And then the DEI office was killed. And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
📢 Join Justice Studies Association for a free Zoom event TOMORROW at 7:00pm Eastern on "Punk Social Justice" Direct Message me or visit www.justicestudies.org to request Zoom link (JSA website will be updated with current event soon!) #AcademicSky #HigherEd
What does punk rock have to do with social justice and resistance? Quite a lot, actually.

Punk has always been more than music—it’s been a challenge to power. Join us for our “Third Thursday” event on March 19th at 7:00pm Eastern on Zoom for a conversation with Dr. David Kauzlarich, about how the rebellious energy of punk culture can help us rethink resistance and social justice.

If you’re curious about the intersection of music, activism, and challenging systems of power, come join the conversation. No mosh pit required. Visit www.justicestudies.org to register and receive the Zoom link for this free event.
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit
Scene of Mario jumping around to avoid all the spinning fire sticks in the original Super Mario Bros game
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ruth Wilson Gilmore said, “No abolitionist who is a true abolitionist wants to save money. What we want is for the money to be spent, to enhance, and support human life so that it can flourish in a way that doesn’t destroy the planet. We’re not about cost-savings.“ Saving lives, not saving money.
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