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Hilarie Ashton

@hilarieashton.bsky.social
6.7K followers 2.3K following 12K posts

Academic [gender studies, sound studies, Black studies, queer studies], abolitionist, boxer. Cat person, reader, dreamer, Eyeliner fiend, mutual aid organizer, dog obsessed. Daniel Day-Lewis enthusiast, dad joke appreciator. NYC.

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2h
Read how Leicester Gazette journalists were arrested for reporting on a demonstration in the city.
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We were arrested under the Terrorism Act for doing our jobs
Here’s what happened when we were arrested while reporting on a protest in Leicester
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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 2h
At a time where a lot of directors I previously respected have started using AI, I'm elated that M. Night Shyamalan has firmly come out against it and explains very elegantly why. I've not always been a fan of his films, but they are uniquely and distinctly his own. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2h...
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The Reality of Generative AI and Art
YouTube video by M. Night Shyamalan
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 3h
i think it's easier to just say "immigration is fine" than come up with increasingly strained descriptions of why moving from france to germany for 6 years or whatever isn't immigration somehow
Freedom of Movement is not Immigration, it's the equivalent of living in Worcestershire and travelling to London to work during the week and renting a flat. Which I did for nearly ten years. 

And before that I did the same to Leiden in NL, though it was company accommodation. 

No visas,taxed in UK
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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2h
Another side-effect of proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 5h
Not exactly a big fan of BBC News, but in fairness this is nicely done
McCourt said part of his concern was that his child might be in a school "next door" to where asylum seekers were living.
"I've got to worry about my child and not be able to come home and protect her because I'm working 60 miles away," he said.
When asked by a BBC reporter about crime statistics that showed "women and girls are most at risk from the men that they live with", McCourt replied: "That's my interview over."
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 5h
An Autumn Lane, 1886, painting by Leeds-born John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6h
Absolute state of this
Daily Telegraph front page - 
More on benefits at age seven than age 50Children pushed towards a ‘life on welfare’ as ADHD and learning difficulty claims soar
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Eric @ericsescapades.bsky.social · 7h
Happy throwback Thursday pals, during my first few months , I wasn’t the best at posing for Dads camera . I’ve got better since these days I’m sure you’ll agree 😹 have a wonderful day everyone 🧡 #throwbackthursday #adoptdontshop
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6h
The Times have stuck 3 Reform councillors resigning after being racist and misogynistic in a tiny piece on page 2. Nobody reads page 2.
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Lulu @louiseakalulu.bsky.social · 15h
#HedgewatchforGriffen 💖💕🌈💕💖
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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 11h
In memory of: Mohammed Said Mohammed Al-Aqqad / محمد سعيد محمد العقاد Age: 17 We will not forget you.
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Becky 🎃 @editrixbecks.bsky.social · 11h
Always watching. Always judging.
2 cats perched on top of a cat tree. On the left is an orange tabby with green eyes. On the right is a black cat with green eyes
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 7h
There's something disturbingly predictable about politics right now. Reform announces some abhorrent racist policy and a couple of days later Labour follows up with its own hostile anti-asylum measures. Eritrea is not a safe country for returns by any measure. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK threatens visa bans for Eritrea over migrant return policy
The home secretary said she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries "refusing to co-operate".
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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 6h
Kevin the Kingfisher #BirdOfTheDay #JKLM #BirdPhotography #Birds #Nature #ECK
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 6h
a feel good story about a Very Good Boy because honestly we do need some good news sometimes “Dog that hunts invasive 'sea vomit' honoured as animal of the year” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dog that hunts invasive sea creature named animal of the year
Sgiath is thought to be the UK's first sea squirt-hunting dog and has been trained to sniff out the marine pest.
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Malcolm & Baby Dog @malcolmandbabydog.bsky.social · 7h
Excuse me! It’s Percy here! OOPS! I HAVE A CONFESSION! 🙀 I was doing my usual Morning Zoomies and I accidentally hit Mum with our Toy! I get over-excited, that’s the trouble! Mum says this video will give you an insight into my ‘Lively Character’ 🤎
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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 8h
In memory of: Osama Mohammed Osama Abu Howeij / أسامة محمد اسامه ابو حويج Age: 1 We will not forget you.
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 17h
Station Master Mikan inspects the passengers!
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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 9h
A little throwback to when our beaver family went bobbing for baby pumpkins! 🦫 Tiny pumpkins, big chomps, and some spooktacular fall fun. 🎃 Ready for more animal antics? Join us for Zoo Boo and celebrate the season with us! 🐾 👻
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h
It's quite possible the last election that Mitch McConnell sees will be a blue wave. I'm basing this on him barely being alive. That's my research
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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 7h
In memory of: Raed Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Sawalhi / رائد ابراهيم محمد الصوالحي Age: 44 We will not forget you.
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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 11h
This beautiful, sweet boy has had a very hard week after hurting his back. After multiple trips to the vet, he’s won them over with his charm and handsome-ness #FarleyMowat #dachshund
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Dave Krantz @weskrantz.bsky.social · 9h
Mia - open the catio, servant
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 6h
Swipe through Dyffryn Gardens' 750 pumpkin glasshouse display. They've got 30 different pumpkin varieties, from tiny 'Lil Pump Ke Mon' to great big beauties like 'Oregon Homestead Sweet Meat'. 🎃
A large selection of pumpkins inside a greenhouse. There is a brain-textured black pumpkin at the front of the image. Behind lie large round forest green and black pumpkins, which are neatly scattered. Behind these pumpkins you'll find an array of smaller pumpkins of varied orange shades. These are placed across each level of a black, metal structure, which is tiered. This structure has swirled details framings along each tier.Multiple pumpkins of an array of different colours. The two pumpkins at the front of the image are a bright white colour. On top of these two pumpkins is a pumpkin of dark green colour, with deep orange splotches. The bottom of this pumpkin has split in three, and is a cast white with dark green stripes. To it's left is an orange pumpkin with deep orange splatters throughout, as well as deep orange stripes. Aside this pumpkin there is a yellow and green tinged pumpkin, with a bright white small pumpkin stacked on top of it. The rest of the pumpkins behind are a bright yellow with forest green thick stripes. These are all rounded except for a singular aubergine-shaped bright yellow pumpkin with dark green stripes.An array of orange pumpkins. The front two are besides each other, and of a deep orange colour. The right is smooth, whilst the right is a brain-like texture. Behind these there are pumpkins stacked on top of each other. The one at the bottom is a deep orange with a dark green gradient starting from the root. Beside this pumpkin is another orange pumpkin with an abnormally large stem protruding from its top, of a dark green, almost black colour. On top of the left pumpkin is a dark green pumpkin with a thick orange striped pattern. Behind this pumpkin is are 4 pumpkins sitting beside each other. The furthest to the left is a medium orange. The pumpkin beside it is an orange colour a couple of shades deeper. The one next to this one is a forest green colour, with  medium yellow splotches. Beside this pumpkin is large and orange. A display of pumpkins inside of a greenhouse. The pumpkin display is set in a corner of a glasshouse. There is a dark, black metal structure which has three tiers with small, rounded, orange pumpkins placed neatly along each tier. The final tier has a large deep orange pumpkin with a spiked forest green gradient coming from the root. Below the structure lay a large array of pumpkins. The pumpkins to the left are all of a muted green-grey colour with a brain-like texture. To the right of these pumpkins there is a very large muted-orange. With smaller pumpkins of the same colour behind it. To the right of these are large, deep-orange pumpkins. They all have a brain-like texture. Beside these pumpkins are a mixture of small and medium sized pumpkins. The front two are medium orange in colour. Behind these are small and yellow-orange with deep green stripes. Some of these stripes are thin on some pumpkins, and on other they are thick. Behind these pumpkins are deep orange smaller and medium sized pumpkins.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 8h
Moderator: Alright, would you like to respond to your opponent, Sen. Ossoff? Jon Ossoff:
"I'll kill you" from I think You Should Leave
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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 6h
In memory of: Nour Rafat Talal Eid / نور رأفت طلال عيد Age: 15 We will not forget you.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 8h
Reading pro-Israel media outlets can be genuinely very interesting— here is a long and almost unintelligible rant from the EIC of Jewish News Syndicate about how Obama is the reason the Democratic Party is so anti Israel now and Schumer is an antisemite for backing El Sayed and so on and so forth
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The Democrats have abandoned Israel, not just Netanyahu
The prime minister is blamed for “losing” America. But even his defeat won’t reclaim support from a party that from Obama to El-Sayed has broken with the Jewish state.
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Jasper @jaspersfelines.bsky.social · 6h
Lucy and Snoopy 🐱🖤🤍 #FosterKittens #cats
Two small black and white kittens sitting on a kitten tree perch
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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy Halloween!
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I'm happy they finally made a movie about Nosferatu and all his predictions like 9/11 and the internet
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No that's the hunchback one
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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 13h
The entirety of establishment media: “You’ve been endorsed by the former president and are campaigning with him, why do you hate him so?” “You’ve been endorsed by the twitch streamer and are campaigning with him, why do you love him so?”
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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Above image but now Ray Wise as Leland Palmer is in it dancing
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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 11h
Thank you, dumbledoresarmy
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Very happy to see Abdul Al-Sayed try to bridge the gap between the Muslim and Black communities in Michigan by reminding both groups of the iconic black leaders who were also Muslim. Leaders like Malcom X, Muhammed Ali and of course Barack Obama.
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Obama is not Muslim
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 10h
The Shane Gillis stuff is funny because you can feel whatever about the size of the backlash to his little joke. But I hope we can all agree people taking time to defend him are all dirty little worms
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keelin @keelin12ft.bsky.social · 11h
In his Eartha Kitt era.
Mr wendal wearing a leopard jumpsuit
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 11h
The seagulls in Liverpool, oh my god
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✧𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔶 𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.bsky.social · 14h
some of you have never been chased by a goose and it shows
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Sam @sodazen.cryptoanarchy.network · 11h
Yes! The "goose gap"! 😄 The U.S. people in this chart have clearly not been chased by a goose. The ones in the U.K. have.
Screenshot of a chart of UK vs US adults of which animals they think they could beat in a fight. The largest gap between the two regions among all the animals (ranging from rat & house cat to elephant & grizzly bear) is for goose, with over 60% of Americans thinking they can take a goose, but only around 45% of UK adults polled who say they could.
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 17h
man goes to doctor, says he's depressed. doc says go see great clown pagliacci, it'll pick you right up. man bursts into tears and says bitch i’ve been off my fluvoxamine for three weeks and you’re coming at me with clowns? do you even have a medical degree? you hack? you motherfucken fraud?
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 22h
i haven't seen digger but i love it. i think it's great
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 10h
To those who claim Israel is an apartheid state, please note the large swath of land and giant text next to it that says “Arabs can’t vote” with arrows pointing to the large swath and another small swath of land
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River Side Casino @riversidecasino.bsky.social · 10h
Oops had one stuck in our drafts folder: RIP Kenny Rogers. Looks like you didn’t know when to run.
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Hourly Simpsons @hourlysimpsons.bagpuss.org · 10h
Lisa, don't sulk.
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S13E06 She of Little Faith (DABF02) 16 December 2001
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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 10h
In memory of: Iman Ibrahim Salim Mushtaha / ايمان ابراهيم سليم مشتهى Age: 67 We will not forget you.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 10h
"Cat Murphy told CNN’s Jake Tapper she was ‘focused on doing my job and asking my questions’" www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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The UMD student reporter who dared to record Rep. Andy Harris — and kept recording
A University of Maryland student journalist targeted by GOP Rep. Andy Harris during an informal press briefing Tuesday said she’ll continue to cover the Republican politician who threatened to have po...
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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 14h
Paul McCartney with his daughter Heather in the English countryside, 1968. This picture was taken by photographer Linda McCartney, who would eventually become his wife the following year.
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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 14h
A photo of Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Sammy Davis Jr and Jack Lemmon getting together in a Hollywood studio backlot, 1959.
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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 11h
Personally, the cactus with the flowers are my favorite. I’ve only sold the ones with the classic lights so far this year. I have two of these in my etsy shop. Surly.etsy.com
A light up ceramic cactus with rainbow lights.
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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You’d sit and wait for something this beautiful to appear every night too.
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Cracked Lemonade @crackedlemonade.bsky.social · 11h
Middle ages shit, new technical deity allows people to automate their prejudices and say they didn't do it, it's the AI. Napster didn't benefit the ultra wealthy so it was squashed.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 11h
Man, he has nothing but contempt for the people who worship him. Everything is a dominance display for this giant sucking void of narcissism
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