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Ashley Lake

@ashleylatke.bsky.social

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Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · Mar 13

Hey, porno creator, sick of going to Vegas or Miami to shoot content as red states get more insane?

We have a big gorgeous production house in happy healthy Massachusetts that we would love to rent you (w property release) at a fraction of cost - yes you can stay here too

[email protected]

Collage of winter film photos, 6 of them from top left: trees with snow on them, Vanniall crouched in snow, a view of a snowy scene through a window, another view from a deck, a picture of Ashley holding their camera in front of a house, a snow covered deck, bright windows with a snowy scene outside, a foggy scene through a window, night time snow illuminated by flash. All are disposable camera pictures.

A picture of a large house viewable through early fall foliage. It has an orange metal roof, natural wood siding, wrap around deck and huge a frame style windows on one side.

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Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 1d

I just finally realized Lorde is named after Audre Lorde

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Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 1d

A house party is organizing and you and your community deserve it

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

it’s odd that the rightwing has been able to monopolize “being fit” as an aesthetic online, even the whitehouse social media has in recent weeks dunked on “fat libs” because the average rightwinger in the united states is usually guys like this

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

They come from Indiana just like the guns in NYC come from Virginia. It's an open secret.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 1d

The media’s job is to make you think that the people who want to give you healthcare are just as crazy as the people trying to take it away.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

I'm on the record saying that Russ Vought will do things during the shutdown that will make his illegal rescissions visible in the way they otherwise weren't. And boy howdy, threatening to ignore the law on backpay is a great example. [corrected]

Shaheen, a retiring Dem Rs are looking to flip on shutdown, says of OMB threats on back pay:

“It would be a lot easier to resolve the situation if Russ Vought would stop talking.”

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Elizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 1d

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Just have to take a beat to say that the people that have long warned about state violence and the militarization of law enforcement were right.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

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Ashley Lake @ashleylatke.bsky.social · 3d

I made something about being a photographer in 2025

It’s the “kombucha girl” meme, on top she is disgusted by “being a professional photographer during the Birth of Generative AI” and is intrigued by “Being a fine art photographer during the Last Great Age of Photography.”

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 3d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

There has always been a small, noisy minority of gay people whose belief in gay rights boils down to "I shouldn't have to give up any of my prejudices because of who I am." And straight people in media have always fallen all over themselves to hire them.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2d

Legacy newspapers: "Print media is dying, and the public will suffer for it."

Also legacy newspapers: "We can't offend the government with information and framing that helps the public."

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 2d

If the right accuse the left of something (terrorist sympathising, communism, antisemitism etc) the media will ask the left to defend themselves from that charge.

If the left accuse the right of something (racism, fascism, colonialism), the media will ask the left to justify that charge.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

The NY Times continues to be the biggest sucker in the world for bad faith bullshit, just so the publisher can claim they're not too liberal and to pretend they'll somehow convince MAGA they're being fair to them.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.

They'll never release the Epstein Files because Trump is all over them.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 2d

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 3d

Big crush on Nicole Kidman so I get the impulse behind this sentiment but also, y’know, disparate libidos are a common issue in relationships, having a lower libido isn’t a personal flaw, and it’s also not a reflection of the partner’s attractiveness.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 3d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Tweet from Daily Mail Celebrity @DailyMailCeleb
How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
ALISON BOSHOFF

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 3d

Discord confirms that government IDs used for age-verification were compromised in a hack with a vendor.

Who could have predicted?

Oh, right.

Discord users suffer the first high-profile age-verification hack – and it's unlikely to be the last

Critics of age verification laws warned this was inevitable

www.tomsguide.com

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