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ace tilton ratcliff

@mortuaryreport.bsky.social
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genderqueer disabled metalsmith, multidisciplinary artist, and writer. former mortician. hEhlers-danlos et al. living in florida. i post pics of spiders linktr.ee/mortuaryreport

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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
IDEALLY the radiologist reads the imaging WITH ME
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ok i know there are companies that offer second opinion reports from radiologists but are there companies where i can get a second opinion report and then meet with the radiologist for 30-60 minutes? not this 15 minute bs.
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
after reading that report about the way big papí has financial ties to absurdly exploitative high interest money lenders in the DR and used his influence to block reform with the MLBPA, i can’t take him seriously as a commentator or even a human it’s gross AF www.propublica.org/article/how-...
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How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it’s really fucking weird that the tomahawk chop is a thing entire stadiums full of people do
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
god these would be fun to make jewelry out of
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
thanks friend! hoping i can pull it all together the way i want it to exist
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
you joke but our plumbing backed up the next day. this has truly been a long week!!
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
knee-deep into playing with a new design for a finger brace and having a lot of fun with experimenting. life conspired to make me miss the call this was for but that’s okay, i’ll find something else for it, i’m sure
a tattooed white left hand extended over a well worn wooden workspace. the hand wears two oval silver rings on their middle finger with the word “meat” and “cage” cut into the base of the bezel. the stones aren’t set. a triangular triple or clear sapphires sits at the top of both rings, towards the middle knuckle. other assorted pieces cover the workspace a tattooed white left hand curls its fingers to show the middle finger, wearing the two rings previously described as well as a third ring across the bottom of the middle knuckle. a round knuckle protector with a single sapphire is held into the middle ring with a long tube that will eventually become a rivet. there are holes drilled into the side of the other two rings as wellthe same ring except this time two jade stones are loosely set into the bezels. there are rectangular guards crossing the side of the finger, held in place with more tubing. nothing is finished or fully polished a workspace with a scattering of silver pieces in varying degrees of complete
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
real jewelers are mostly on instagram. i could probably help you find someone, if you’d be willing to describe the ring?
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
i am, thus far, enjoying the pitching in this game
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i cannot metalwork without light or power i just. fucking. msskjejwijdhfuwjd.
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the food in the fridge is probably going to be fucked, which is stupendous since i grocery shopped just a few days ago i am so fucking angry i genuinely cannot speak
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
my power has been out since 10:30 AM because the idiot contractors next door cut thru the line and took out the entire block’s power these same contractors have cut thru our internet line as well as the neighbor’s water line i’m on fucking deadline for the studio, which is not portable
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it’s driving me batty that i can’t find this piece
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
can anybody find me that long form piece about teenagers and young people with hEDS and POTS being sent to workout camps to try to exercise them back into shape? some of the main people being followed weren’t hEDS diagnosed yet. i would say written within the last two years or so?
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i’m not gonna sit here and list all the places where we open our big mouths to have these convos, but it (mostly) gets essier with time and experience and having someone else who supports you and does the same
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it really takes practice. it’s extraordinarily difficult and uncomfortable in most situations. and that’s why we need it all the more
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
d called out the fantasy football draft one year for some bullshit and guess what? he is no longer invited to the fantasy football league bc the bunch of babies couldn’t and wouldn’t handle it. he “wasn’t being any fun”
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
in fact speaking from a place of privilege to call out bullshit behavior is Acutely Uncomfortable & basically verboten in our society & it takes a lot of practice & also knowing you will almost absolutely end up with an Uncomfortable Outcome or indeed Completely Removed from whatever scenario
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
can anybody find me that long form piece about teenagers and young people with hEDS and POTS being sent to workout camps to try to exercise them back into shape? some of the main people being followed weren’t hEDS diagnosed yet. i would say written within the last two years or so?
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
the most put-upon rat terrier in south florida
a rat terrier with a black mask and a white face sits in a pile of pillows, his front paws crossed and his ears back like he’s waiting for an answer to a question. a sleepy white person with blue eyes and no makeup on sits on a couch, wearing a waffle pullover and looking at the camera. a rat terrier wearing a ridiculous custom bejeweled collar lays fully upon their chest, his head resting on their shoulder a rat terrier with a white body and spots is spread long across a bed with blue sheets. the bedding is tousled and covers the front half of his body. his legs are completely relaxed a rat terrier with a dark face, big ears, and a white body covered in spots lounges on a woven pool lounger. his back half is dappled with sunlight. behind him is all florida sunshine and water.
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yooooo bro can i hit that! and then he just sighs in the most deeply overwhelmed and exhausted way as if his life weren’t being the most spoiled and well loved creature in the entire universe
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
my dog spends most of his time laying with his paws very primly crossed which gives me perfect access to frito feet which means it is extremely necessary for me to ask him as often as possible if i can get a hit off them and then inhale right on his toes as deeply and for as long as possible
a deeply tortured rat terrier lays in a pile of colorful pillows and bedding. his front paws are crossed. he is halfway asleep. he has on a ridiculous bejeweled custom leather collar. he has black ears and a white body with spots.
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
i am so grateful to have access to the sweeping and mopping robot that lives in my house and helps me with chores but WHY ARE THEY ALL SO FUCKING LOUD
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
it should be fully illegal for the sacrum bone to be able to dislocate
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if you have not yet streamed cain culto’s new album CULTO that released yesterday what the fuck are you even doing GO TURN IT ON LOUD!!!!
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the benny rule: all WW2 novels eventually come around to benzos
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the earrings, alas, were constructed a year and a half ago and were a nightmare to deal with in the present. they’re staying with me. the pearls—once i finish the last three settings and necklace closures—will be for sale on my website
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
now reporting from the studio that doing the same thing over & over & over & over actually does, very annoyingly, make it easier. i decided i was gonna get over my fear of constructing & setting prongs. i also cut the black jade and the pietersite in the earrings from raw stone
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this worked. it always works. i pavlov’d myself in high school but i try not to use it all the time as i head into my 40s just in case the effects wear off
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
about to pull out the big guns and turn on the empire strikes back to see if it works like it did in my 20s PLEASE I WANT TO SLEEP
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
reporting in from one week of very fucked up reactions to increasing my thyroid meds and switching to generic i would LOVE insurance to cover the name brand so i can sleep i haven’t slept in days i haven’t felt the desire to sleep it’s making me miss hypothyroidism please god let me sleep
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
my gender today is cutting my bangs in the bathroom sink while watching the dodgers blow out the reds
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
the slop is unsurprising and i would safely bet you large amounts of money that no mortuary professionals are reading any of it
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
yeah. i haven’t been in the human deathcare industry for a few years now, but i find a pretty significant split between people who work in the field, people who sell in the field, and people who want to bring technology to the field that no one else gives a fuck about...
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
i am absolutely losing it at this text copy. “body purge morgue refrigerator” is absolute nonsense word salad, and i speak from actual experience
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
a week late in having my copy arrive, which means an extra week of celebrating the gift of @sesmith.lol’s new book “all my dead cats.” i’m so very proud that this book exists & my friend wrote it—hfs, it was once just an idea?! celebrating are the skulls of my dead cats, moxie (L) & whimsy (R)
a propped up copy of a book called “all my dead cats and other losses” by s.e. smith.  the cover is in shades of peach and blue, with an illustration of cat prints tiptoeing into a portal of stars. the book stands upright on a full bookshelf. beside it are two cat skulls. the left skull, moxie, is reddish and textured and smaller. the right skull, whimsy, is perfectly pale white. both cats would have loved the book and its author.
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
god so many smokin hot players in this league i’m so queer
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
women’s pro baseball league! second game of the season! streaming on ESPN+ thru disney. SF firebells vs BOS hunters!
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
phew thank goodness
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
i rlly hope this anthem is better this corny music is absolutely slaying me
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
yeah the fuckin story of streaming in this day and age
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
oh boy
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
we got a broadcaster! who then called maybelle by name as if we all knew who she was without clarifying that she is a former pitcher from the all american girls professional baseball league!! without clarifying what the AAPBL was!!!
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
i know, absolutely not ideal, but the prep for it seems… sub par
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
oh my gosh the longer this goes on the more frustrated i’m becoming. a crowd shot? nothing else????
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
LITERALLY ANYTHING?!? GIVE ME A SINGLE FACTOID. TELL ME ABOUT THE ALUMINUM BATS. THE DRAFT. THE OLD LADIES. A N Y T H I N G
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
i do so wish the @wpbl.bsky.social was giving us some facts, details, history, or literally anything from announcers during this rain delay ???
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
assuming we get there bc… it ain’t lookin great
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ace tilton ratcliff @mortuaryreport.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
i’m be there this week, but i assume same applies except add an umbrella!
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