Charlie Ashlock
@crazyidealist.bsky.social
Divorcing an abusive husband made me an abolitionist eco-feminist. There is more revolutionary politics in inner family systems therapy than you realize. I love reading & writing sci-fi, fantasy, romance, poetry, and comedy.
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If grief is love persevering, anger is love looking for action. Feeling anger and grief under capitalism is the surest sign that you are a person who refuses to numb your capacity to love.
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The fantasy genre is so great. I love it. It has endless possibilities like dragons, sky islands, flying whales, and affordable living
February 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The fantasy genre is so great. I love it. It has endless possibilities like dragons, sky islands, flying whales, and affordable living
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I just read today that the city has decided that shelters have to accept everyone... as long as it's under 20 degrees. apparently 25 degrees is still fine for people to sleep outside, including children.
so, so little care into preventing more of these deaths.
so, so little care into preventing more of these deaths.
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I just read today that the city has decided that shelters have to accept everyone... as long as it's under 20 degrees. apparently 25 degrees is still fine for people to sleep outside, including children.
so, so little care into preventing more of these deaths.
so, so little care into preventing more of these deaths.
I hate being home sick it’s so boring but resting is the only way to get better
December 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I hate being home sick it’s so boring but resting is the only way to get better
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capital recalibrated itself towards wokeness in the 2020s to keep the engine going. they set up diversity committees to stop people from yelling at them but then a bunch of people who make $700k a year working at think tanks decided it was a real cultural project and now you have to read articles.
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
capital recalibrated itself towards wokeness in the 2020s to keep the engine going. they set up diversity committees to stop people from yelling at them but then a bunch of people who make $700k a year working at think tanks decided it was a real cultural project and now you have to read articles.
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
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We are not fighting fascism because we don’t want to.
Almost every section of the political spectrum believes that “identity” marginalized people need to be “managed” not protected .
They enjoy the spectre of Trump/ Trump adjacency as a regulation tool
Almost every section of the political spectrum believes that “identity” marginalized people need to be “managed” not protected .
They enjoy the spectre of Trump/ Trump adjacency as a regulation tool
Democrats: Trump is the greatest threat to democracy!
Also Democrats: Trump should keep being president!
Also Democrats: Trump should keep being president!
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are not fighting fascism because we don’t want to.
Almost every section of the political spectrum believes that “identity” marginalized people need to be “managed” not protected .
They enjoy the spectre of Trump/ Trump adjacency as a regulation tool
Almost every section of the political spectrum believes that “identity” marginalized people need to be “managed” not protected .
They enjoy the spectre of Trump/ Trump adjacency as a regulation tool
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"39,000 fewer foreign-born child care workers since Trump took office in January."
"77,000 fewer American mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce since that time, a result that researchers found is tied to the impact of ICE arrests."
#USA #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"77,000 fewer American mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce since that time, a result that researchers found is tied to the impact of ICE arrests."
#USA #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
19thnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"39,000 fewer foreign-born child care workers since Trump took office in January."
"77,000 fewer American mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce since that time, a result that researchers found is tied to the impact of ICE arrests."
#USA #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"77,000 fewer American mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce since that time, a result that researchers found is tied to the impact of ICE arrests."
#USA #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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Another angle: homelessness kills, slowly & quickly. This is well established as a matter of public health. (Even living in a homeless shelter kills.) And it leads to terminal illnesses. Yet liberal govts will NOT help some who says, "I am about to be homeless, plz help me." They just let 'em die.
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another angle: homelessness kills, slowly & quickly. This is well established as a matter of public health. (Even living in a homeless shelter kills.) And it leads to terminal illnesses. Yet liberal govts will NOT help some who says, "I am about to be homeless, plz help me." They just let 'em die.
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My god, if there’s one thing we’ll never run out of is ideas. Everyone has them. What that guy meant is c suite business guys don’t have any good ideas because they don’t fucking interact with the regular ass world. And they think their ideas are the only ones that matter.
December 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My god, if there’s one thing we’ll never run out of is ideas. Everyone has them. What that guy meant is c suite business guys don’t have any good ideas because they don’t fucking interact with the regular ass world. And they think their ideas are the only ones that matter.
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“they call me Ishmael”
oh cool congrats!! we can totally switch over to that no probs, do ya wanna try any new pronouns while you’re at it?
oh cool congrats!! we can totally switch over to that no probs, do ya wanna try any new pronouns while you’re at it?
December 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“they call me Ishmael”
oh cool congrats!! we can totally switch over to that no probs, do ya wanna try any new pronouns while you’re at it?
oh cool congrats!! we can totally switch over to that no probs, do ya wanna try any new pronouns while you’re at it?
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
- Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI
- Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
- Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI
- Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Another little bit of inspiration I made for you
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Another little bit of inspiration I made for you
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I'm telling you, the feedback I got from recent art market overwhelmingly confirmed this for me. People want things made by actual human beings with thought and care.
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm telling you, the feedback I got from recent art market overwhelmingly confirmed this for me. People want things made by actual human beings with thought and care.
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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This is abuse. It is verbal violence, denigrating a woman for simply doing her job. It is racist, misogynistic, white supremacist abuse. Plain and simple.
“You’re the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. A terrible reporter.”
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
Trump again attacks a Black female reporter, ABC’s Rachel Scott, for asking about releasing the full boat strike video - which he said he would do 5 days ago
And the other journalists stay silent🐔
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is abuse. It is verbal violence, denigrating a woman for simply doing her job. It is racist, misogynistic, white supremacist abuse. Plain and simple.
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I hate it when people tell you to not stand up for yourself
That's EXACTLY why we are where we are today in America. It's too hard to stand up and say and do the right thing. Because when we roll over and do nothing, we're telling the baddies they're in the right.
Guess what. THEY'RE NOT.
That's EXACTLY why we are where we are today in America. It's too hard to stand up and say and do the right thing. Because when we roll over and do nothing, we're telling the baddies they're in the right.
Guess what. THEY'RE NOT.
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hate it when people tell you to not stand up for yourself
That's EXACTLY why we are where we are today in America. It's too hard to stand up and say and do the right thing. Because when we roll over and do nothing, we're telling the baddies they're in the right.
Guess what. THEY'RE NOT.
That's EXACTLY why we are where we are today in America. It's too hard to stand up and say and do the right thing. Because when we roll over and do nothing, we're telling the baddies they're in the right.
Guess what. THEY'RE NOT.
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Passing a law that requires all firearms to be 100% pink and have heart and rainbow and unicorn and princess wand stickered on them so they're still fully legal but the alpha male big boy men now don't wanna touch them
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Passing a law that requires all firearms to be 100% pink and have heart and rainbow and unicorn and princess wand stickered on them so they're still fully legal but the alpha male big boy men now don't wanna touch them
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It feels very silly that I spend so much effort to be a person who is interesting, kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful, informed, curious, smart and good looking but men won't go to therapy, the gym, or ask what books I'm reading.
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It feels very silly that I spend so much effort to be a person who is interesting, kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful, informed, curious, smart and good looking but men won't go to therapy, the gym, or ask what books I'm reading.
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9. The win on the NDAA trans care coverage ban is big - it applies not just to servicemembers, but their dependents, and companies that contract with the military - it could have had much larger impacts than many realize.
It going down is worth celebrating for transgender people tonight.
It going down is worth celebrating for transgender people tonight.
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
9. The win on the NDAA trans care coverage ban is big - it applies not just to servicemembers, but their dependents, and companies that contract with the military - it could have had much larger impacts than many realize.
It going down is worth celebrating for transgender people tonight.
It going down is worth celebrating for transgender people tonight.
What has helped you build real community on Bluesky? So far, it’s been more challenging to build than it was on early days Twitter.
December 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What has helped you build real community on Bluesky? So far, it’s been more challenging to build than it was on early days Twitter.
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Still true enough
9.5 years later, the only part of this that shocks me is that I had to write it under my own name because it was so "controversial" #thanksRahm
9.5 years later, the only part of this that shocks me is that I had to write it under my own name because it was so "controversial" #thanksRahm
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Still true enough
9.5 years later, the only part of this that shocks me is that I had to write it under my own name because it was so "controversial" #thanksRahm
9.5 years later, the only part of this that shocks me is that I had to write it under my own name because it was so "controversial" #thanksRahm
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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Wordsworth and Coleridge would’ve tried to launch their own app, but it would be an incredibly embarrassing failure as Wordsworth would never learn how to code and Coleridge would become convinced that a Chatbot was the voice of God.
Byron would’ve been on every social media and dating app, but William Blake would only have been on Bluesky
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Wordsworth and Coleridge would’ve tried to launch their own app, but it would be an incredibly embarrassing failure as Wordsworth would never learn how to code and Coleridge would become convinced that a Chatbot was the voice of God.