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ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

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asiniiwiikwe indizhinikaaz. anishinaabekwe in yanaguana. storyteller, comms nerd, & artist trying to shift power and build a just and sustainable world. fuck borders. land back. she/her/wiin.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19h

too cute to eat

little chocolate bear

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 23h

i am always confused by the real estate listings where it looks like someone drunkenly spun around and snapped a few random pics do you want me to live here or shoot a horror movie here?

blurry fireplace

blurry stairs

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 28/09/2026

maybe it’s the but the craziest thing about my stay in the hospital is that the food is actually quite delicious.

hospital food tray

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 27/09/2026

phase three we in the ICU

it’s the ceiling

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 27/09/2026

phase two we ridin in the ambulance

oh no free ambulance feet

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 26/09/2026

if you haven’t been following my saga, the floorboards are also coming up. and the plumbing is broken and not up to code. dishwasher broken. casita still stripped to studs with no reconstruction begun. HVAC total shit.

floorboards coming up

floorboards sliding around

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 26/09/2026

let’s play: how much can our house move before it falls down? i feel like i need to hire a structural engineer home inspector to find out if we need to get out of this place. these are all from since we moved in. now our back door doesn’t want to open or close.

crack in the ceiling

crack in the living room wall

crack in the corner

crack in the bedroom wall

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 26/09/2026

getting a mention in our kid’s IG stories is the highest accomplishment

instagram screenshot: my parents r the goats

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/09/2026

if you are ever in austin please go eat the migas taco at veracruz.

migas poblana taco

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/09/2026

if you were curious, here is the pencil system that seems to be the champ for elementary schoolers

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 24/09/2026

this lady on threads posted this big huge thing about how artists are just jealous that everyday people can now use AI to create better art that gets more attention so i click through to see her “art”… i wish there was an unveil feature here:

AI slop dragon in sunglasses

BIGGER IDEAS
MESSIER CREATIVE PROCESS
MORE MAGIC
PET MORE DRAGONS
SAME SARCASM
Fueled by Coffee Chaos
BIG IDEAS
AI CHAOS
* DRAGON ENERGY
* SARCASM & SPELLS
WOMEN WHO CREATE
FANTASY OVER FEAR
PROMPTS & POSSIBILITIES
CREATE WEIRDER BRAVER
KINDER
COOLER WORLDS
FABULOUS
CHAOS
LIVES HERE
Same
Human
Different
Magic

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 24/09/2026

86 point swing away from trump with independents. hot damn.

harry enten showing pure independent voters with a 86pt swing from trump

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026

ok i think this is the final

Showing Up When The World Is On Fire:
Balancing Urgency & Slowness in Times That Demand All of Us
Activist and Author Ashley Fairbanks launched a website called Stand With Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge and helped direct over $40 million in donations, mutual aid, and rent for families in need. Now, she asks what it actually looks like to treat a crisis like a crisis—without living our entire lives in crisis mode.
Because the world is on fire. Some of it, quite literally. But the real threats come from the compounding crises of climate change, fascism, and corporate greed. How do we meet these challenges head on, protect our neighbors, but not sacrifice ourselves in the process?
This is a talk about mutual aid, imagination, burnout, collective power, and our deep human desire to belong to one another. It's about moving quickly when the moment demands it, moving slowly whenever we can, and building the relationships that will carry us through whatever comes next.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026

draft 2: makes me itchy

Showing Up When The World Is On Fire:
Balancing Urgency & Slowness in Times That Demand
All of Us
Ashley Fairbanks launched a website called Stand With Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge and ended up helping direct over $40 million in donations towards work happening on the ground in Minnesota. Now, she asks what it actually looks like to treat a crisis like a crisis—without living our entire lives in crisis mode.
Because the world is on fire. Some of it, quite literally. But the real threats come from the compounding crises of climate change, fascism, and corporate greed.
This is a talk about mutual aid, imagination, burnout, climate change, collective power, and our deep human desire to belong to one another. It's about moving quickly when the moment demands it, moving slowly whenever we can, and building the relationships that will carry us through whatever comes next.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026

like this?

Showing Up When The World Is On Fire:
Balancing Urgency & Slowness in Times That Demand
All of Us
Ashley Fairbanks launched a website called Stand With Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge and ended up helping direct over $40 million in donations towards work happening on the ground in Minnesota. Now, she asks what it actually looks like to treat a crisis like a crisis—without living our entire lives in crisis mode.
Because the world is on fire. Some of it, quite literally. But the real threats come from the compounding crises of climate change, fascism, and corporate greed.
This is a talk about mutual aid, imagination, burnout, climate change, collective power, and our deep human desire to belong to one another. It's about moving quickly when the moment demands it, moving slowly whenever we can, and building the relationships that will carry us through whatever comes next.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026

@3fecta.bsky.social & @lollardfish.bsky.social does this sound better?

Showing Up When The World Is On Fire:
Balancing Urgency & Slowness in Times That Demand
All of Us
The world is on fire. Some of it, quite literally. But the real threat comes from the compounding crises of climate change, fascism, and corporate greed.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026

feedback appreciated on my description because i am too minnesotan to write in the third person

Showing Up When The World Is On Fire:
Balancing Urgency & Slowness in Times That Demand
All of Us
The world is on fire. Some of it, quite literally. Some of it looks like the compounding crises of climate change, fascism, and corporate greed.
Drawing on what she learned helping lead Stand With Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge and years of working in climate and electoral communications, organizer Ashley Fairbanks asks what it actually looks like to treat an emergency like an emergency—without living our entire lives in emergency mode.
This is a talk about mutual aid, imagination, burnout, climate change, collective power, and our deep human desire to belong to one another. It's about moving quickly when the moment demands it, moving slowly whenever we can, and building the relationships that will carry us through whatever comes next.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/09/2026

someone should pay to run this 24/7 between now and the election

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 21/09/2026

hahahahhahagahahahahahagaga

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 21/09/2026

these chairs are now illegal

shitty folding chair

plastic lawn chair

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 21/09/2026

on my presidential platform: we are nationalizing the chairs. if you need to buy chairs you buy from the national chair supplier.

wood chair

squishy chair

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 20/09/2026

found out that my tiny baggu backpack purse charm perfectly holds one narcan

narcan

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/09/2026

i am making this katy perry candy costume for my kid and sourcing everything online has been so hard

katy perry costume

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 19/09/2026

theyve also got you covered on all your dirdnl needs

linen blue dirdnl

pink and maroon dirndl

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/09/2026

okay what’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve seen the maga cultists go crazy over? i’ll go first

AI SLOP POSTER:
ai generated racist glares at bag of cheese

TILLAMOOK NOW HALAL CERTIFIED

I DON'T LIKE IT ONE BIT.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/09/2026

look at the floor, this is happening in like 6 places

floorboards coming up

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/09/2026

did my nails and i am kind of impressed with myself

my hand

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 18/09/2026

ICE took her dad, who is a legal resident. the trauma for these babies.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/09/2026

it’s mexico!

dog in mexico jersey

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/09/2026

they massacred our boy

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/09/2026

lol no waffles is also a bichon he just doesnt look like a racist

my dirty dog

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/09/2026

waffles daycamp posted this today and i do not want waffles hanging out with this guy he looks like morgan wallen he probably hates brown dogs

white crusty dog that looks like morgan wallen

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/09/2026

fluids, iv zofran & pepcid, blood tests underway and my doctor is a big clean energy fan who spent 15 minutes talking with me about my trip to germany and the evils of the fossil fuel industry

iv fluids in my arm

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/09/2026

what do you even know about the luxury handmade handpainted globe industry?

a man painting a globe at bellerby globes

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

home to my very stinky baby!

disgusting crusty little white dog

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

lol theres so many videos about the bathrooms

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

behold the glory of the msp bathrooms.

beautiful bathrooms

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

martha stewart’s finsta is all the energy i want in my 80s

martha stewart posting smoochie selfies

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

my dad is taking good care of me

electrolit sero

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

always listen to the nurses in your replies

ondansetron

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/09/2026

minnesota: we’re the first in the nation to early vote, let’s show the rest of the country that this is another way we show up and stop the onslaught of violence against our neighbors. let’s get these fascists out of power. join people this friday, 10AM at the hennepin county government center.

THEY TAKE OUR NEIGHBORS, WE TAKE THEIR POWER.
Rally+Vote 10AM
Friday the 18th
Hennepin County
Government Center
I
Voted
Minnesota is the first state to early vote. Let's show up in record numbers make the fascists afraid.
We protect our neighbors.

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

is this self harm?

potato peeling himself

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 11/09/2026

my favorite thing right now is the niche knitting communities obsession with THE GARMENT by robert cole it’s an ankle length turtleneck wool poncho with no arm holes and tassels at the hem. very dystopian, amazing.

man wearing the garment

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10/09/2026

a little morning bee booty

a bee’s butt sticking out of a flower

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026

at this point please don’t honor us 😭

one tree with an “in honor of all indigenous people” plaque

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026

this is who i feel like on the inside

gator gal in a fur coat

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026

hit the zelle limit for today

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026

you are all amazing, as usual!

we did it, need met!

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026

Wwwoooooooooo less than 20 minutes and we are paying her rent! thank you everyone who donated and shared! it always feel magical to get to respond to these emails with a YES, WE GOT YOU.

WE DID IT!
NEED MET!

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/09/2026

today i am introducing my family to krautsalat, my new favorite thing from germany. i ate so much of it there. instead of mayo coleslaw, it’s just tossed in a super light vinegar and some salt and sugar. so kronchy on your sandwich, or on a salad, or with a sausage.

cabbage