T Ash
@crewgrrl.bsky.social
Knitter, parent, cook, artist wrangler. ADHD, Depression, trauma survivor. Unabashed feminist & fan. Jewish, Zionist & not sorry. Support class, not front lines.
Also posts from #Hugo finalist @geekcalligraphy.com. She/Her
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T Ash
@crewgrrl.bsky.social
· Nov 18
So apparently I’m in a starter pack? Neat!
So for the new folks who only found me here and for everyone who came from Ye Olde Birde Site, an intro and some ground rules.
Rule 1 - this is my living room. That means my word is law and I will brook no disrespect here.
So for the new folks who only found me here and for everyone who came from Ye Olde Birde Site, an intro and some ground rules.
Rule 1 - this is my living room. That means my word is law and I will brook no disrespect here.
I left the intro out, didn’t I.
Well, here goes.
I’m a nearly 40 year old woman with #ADHD and #depression. I am probably best known for salty fandom commentary, running @geekcalligraphy.bsky.social with my best friend, knitting in public, and acerbic commentary on Jews and comics.
Well, here goes.
I’m a nearly 40 year old woman with #ADHD and #depression. I am probably best known for salty fandom commentary, running @geekcalligraphy.bsky.social with my best friend, knitting in public, and acerbic commentary on Jews and comics.
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
Question for my Aussie bakers:
I’m going to have to do several batches of ANZAC biscuits for the parties we’re throwing for the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid. Does anyone know if I can make the dough and freeze it in wee balls and then bake the biscuits when I need them?
I’m going to have to do several batches of ANZAC biscuits for the parties we’re throwing for the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid. Does anyone know if I can make the dough and freeze it in wee balls and then bake the biscuits when I need them?
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Question for my Aussie bakers:
I’m going to have to do several batches of ANZAC biscuits for the parties we’re throwing for the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid. Does anyone know if I can make the dough and freeze it in wee balls and then bake the biscuits when I need them?
I’m going to have to do several batches of ANZAC biscuits for the parties we’re throwing for the @brisbanein28.bsky.social bid. Does anyone know if I can make the dough and freeze it in wee balls and then bake the biscuits when I need them?
After speaking with whoever is dispatched to make the “are you bleeding to death” phone call, I am on normally warm soft foods (nothing scalding, but it doesn’t have to be lukewarm) and am hoping to have latkes at some point this holiday.
He says to keep to the regimen for a week. Thankfully my care doc says I only need to fully restrict 2-3 days & if the site is healing well I get to eat real food.
We are unlikely to be having the usual gamut of food that ranges from fried dumplings to falafel this year, but there will be latkes.
We are unlikely to be having the usual gamut of food that ranges from fried dumplings to falafel this year, but there will be latkes.
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
After speaking with whoever is dispatched to make the “are you bleeding to death” phone call, I am on normally warm soft foods (nothing scalding, but it doesn’t have to be lukewarm) and am hoping to have latkes at some point this holiday.
Due to Husband Shaped Creature’s company being acquired by Larger Company, our health insurance and FSA all changes January 1.
However, they fully funded the FSA when Previous Insurance Year turned over. This means we are in possession of a bunch of someone else’s money for healthcare.
However, they fully funded the FSA when Previous Insurance Year turned over. This means we are in possession of a bunch of someone else’s money for healthcare.
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Due to Husband Shaped Creature’s company being acquired by Larger Company, our health insurance and FSA all changes January 1.
However, they fully funded the FSA when Previous Insurance Year turned over. This means we are in possession of a bunch of someone else’s money for healthcare.
However, they fully funded the FSA when Previous Insurance Year turned over. This means we are in possession of a bunch of someone else’s money for healthcare.
This thread.
The problem is not that we do not teach people they should be good, the problem is that we teach people being good is thankless and ultimately the lot of a good person is to be taken advantage of by funnier, more colorful, sexier naughty people.
It is virtue as designated driver for society.
It is virtue as designated driver for society.
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This thread.
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If you are against Israel, but NOT an antisemite, one of the easiest ways to make the distinction is to not murder Jews in Australia.
Another easy way is to not make excuses for people who murdered Jews in Australia.
If you fail any of these two, you're just a gutter antisemite.
Another easy way is to not make excuses for people who murdered Jews in Australia.
If you fail any of these two, you're just a gutter antisemite.
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you are against Israel, but NOT an antisemite, one of the easiest ways to make the distinction is to not murder Jews in Australia.
Another easy way is to not make excuses for people who murdered Jews in Australia.
If you fail any of these two, you're just a gutter antisemite.
Another easy way is to not make excuses for people who murdered Jews in Australia.
If you fail any of these two, you're just a gutter antisemite.
Today can, in fact, fuck off into the sun.
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Today can, in fact, fuck off into the sun.
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My Hanukkah gift to Bluesky is a new moderation list, which I have started in response to recent events. I have no tolerance for this wickedness and I encourage you to block these people.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My Hanukkah gift to Bluesky is a new moderation list, which I have started in response to recent events. I have no tolerance for this wickedness and I encourage you to block these people.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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I promise if you’re not Jewish and don’t know any Jews quite well you really do not understand the level of justified paranoia baked into most public Jewish gatherings: Security at swimming lessons at the JCC, off duty police outside a bar mitzvah as a favour, etc. It shocked me.
Synagogues were safe until they weren’t. JCC were safe until they weren’t. Public beaches, public parks…risk is something I think about every single time I take my family to school, pray, exist as Jews
My kids woke up so excited this morning for the first night of Hannukah and now yet again we have a festival where I’m very conflicted about whether it’s safe to take them to synagogue to celebrate. Communities shouldn’t have to live like this.
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I promise if you’re not Jewish and don’t know any Jews quite well you really do not understand the level of justified paranoia baked into most public Jewish gatherings: Security at swimming lessons at the JCC, off duty police outside a bar mitzvah as a favour, etc. It shocked me.
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No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
A man who is nearly 100 should not have only had to bury his best friend but also the son of that friend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A man who is nearly 100 should not have only had to bury his best friend but also the son of that friend.
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It's been a very upsetting day to be Jewish & doesn't look to be improving, & violence doesn't solve anything but I do think if something humorously unpleasant happened to an antisemite it'd be a little comforting. Like I'm not saying trip Mel Gibson, but if he fell down a LITTLE I wouldn't be sad.
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's been a very upsetting day to be Jewish & doesn't look to be improving, & violence doesn't solve anything but I do think if something humorously unpleasant happened to an antisemite it'd be a little comforting. Like I'm not saying trip Mel Gibson, but if he fell down a LITTLE I wouldn't be sad.
First night of חנוכה. Menorahs in the window and cheater latkes (leftover mashed potato cakes) on the table.
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
First night of חנוכה. Menorahs in the window and cheater latkes (leftover mashed potato cakes) on the table.
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5/ Criticism of Israeli policy too easily morphs into collective punishment of Jews. When Jewish identity, safety, or self-determination is uniquely denied, the line has already been crossed.
December 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
5/ Criticism of Israeli policy too easily morphs into collective punishment of Jews. When Jewish identity, safety, or self-determination is uniquely denied, the line has already been crossed.
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2/ Antisemitism isn’t just prejudice. It’s a full-stack conspiracy system. Jews are blamed for everything, which is why the ideology travels so easily across left, right, and religious movements.
December 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
2/ Antisemitism isn’t just prejudice. It’s a full-stack conspiracy system. Jews are blamed for everything, which is why the ideology travels so easily across left, right, and religious movements.
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"This murder of Jews wouldn't have occurred if those Jews way over there hadn't done something to deserve it" is Nazi talk and you need to automatically report and block anyone who says it. Yes, even the cool leftists.
you know the Nazis also blamed the Jews for Kristallnacht, you can find many German diplomats expressing regret about the events followed by "but what can you expect when the Jews act this way?"
December 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"This murder of Jews wouldn't have occurred if those Jews way over there hadn't done something to deserve it" is Nazi talk and you need to automatically report and block anyone who says it. Yes, even the cool leftists.
Read the Hebrew at the end of my last post. It translates to “May God comfort all of us within the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.”
When we say that our peoplehood is tied to a place, know that we have been using this ritual phrase to comfort mourners for 2,000 years.
When we say that our peoplehood is tied to a place, know that we have been using this ritual phrase to comfort mourners for 2,000 years.
December 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Read the Hebrew at the end of my last post. It translates to “May God comfort all of us within the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.”
When we say that our peoplehood is tied to a place, know that we have been using this ritual phrase to comfort mourners for 2,000 years.
When we say that our peoplehood is tied to a place, know that we have been using this ritual phrase to comfort mourners for 2,000 years.
I’m tired. I’m scared.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’m tired. I’m scared.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
But we’re going to light our candles tonight. We’re not going to stop being visibly Jewish. I’m not going to stop living my people and my land. I’m not going to stop trying to make my home better for everyone (either one).
המקום ינחם כולנו בתוך שער אבלי ציון וירושלים.
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Last week, I visited a Hanukkah market in New York City. Inside, the atmosphere was joyous, filled with community and tradition—exactly as it should be. Outside, the reality was sobering: metal detectors at the synagogue doors, heavy police presence, and blocked-off streets.
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Last week, I visited a Hanukkah market in New York City. Inside, the atmosphere was joyous, filled with community and tradition—exactly as it should be. Outside, the reality was sobering: metal detectors at the synagogue doors, heavy police presence, and blocked-off streets.
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can't wait to watch all my gentile friends who are so loud on other topics have absolutely nothing to say about Australia and just heart my IG stories, if that
December 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
can't wait to watch all my gentile friends who are so loud on other topics have absolutely nothing to say about Australia and just heart my IG stories, if that
Once again, my Bluesky feed is divided in three. The folks not paying attention to what happened in Bondi Beach (most of you), the folks reminding everyone not to associate all Jews with filthy Zionists (some of you), and the Jews in mourning (and the few in unqualified sympathy with us).
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Once again, my Bluesky feed is divided in three. The folks not paying attention to what happened in Bondi Beach (most of you), the folks reminding everyone not to associate all Jews with filthy Zionists (some of you), and the Jews in mourning (and the few in unqualified sympathy with us).
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You spent two years claiming Jews are genocidal, thieving colonizers with no homeland or history… And then can’t figure out why people are shooting Jews on the streets of America, Europe and Australia?
December 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You spent two years claiming Jews are genocidal, thieving colonizers with no homeland or history… And then can’t figure out why people are shooting Jews on the streets of America, Europe and Australia?
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Just to add to this: this talking point is an admission that they know full fucking well when they use "zionist" everyone reads "Jews."
But rather than change their language, they use this shit as a veneer of respectability for their antisemitic trash.
But rather than change their language, they use this shit as a veneer of respectability for their antisemitic trash.
"The vast majority of Zionists are Christians, actually" is an antisemite's way of pretending they aren't being antisemitic.
December 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Just to add to this: this talking point is an admission that they know full fucking well when they use "zionist" everyone reads "Jews."
But rather than change their language, they use this shit as a veneer of respectability for their antisemitic trash.
But rather than change their language, they use this shit as a veneer of respectability for their antisemitic trash.
Anyone know if an anti-spam law was recently overturned? I am getting up to 10 spam calls a day when I used to get 1-3 a week.
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Anyone know if an anti-spam law was recently overturned? I am getting up to 10 spam calls a day when I used to get 1-3 a week.