Natalie Alana Ashton
@natalan.bsky.social
🚊 connecting disabled communities in the North @transportforall.org.uk.
📚 publishing philosophy on knowledge and social change @ nataliealanaashton.notion.site.
don't blame my employer for my views, they begged me to stop skeeting. she/her.
📚 publishing philosophy on knowledge and social change @ nataliealanaashton.notion.site.
don't blame my employer for my views, they begged me to stop skeeting. she/her.
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
"These windows heat the street", as my childminder used to say of her single glazed ones...
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"These windows heat the street", as my childminder used to say of her single glazed ones...
i grew up with double glazing so i've never understood why 90s parents and 90s TV ads were obsessed with it. but now we have two single glazed windows, and jesus. the heat just goes straight out of them even with the curtains closed.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
i grew up with double glazing so i've never understood why 90s parents and 90s TV ads were obsessed with it. but now we have two single glazed windows, and jesus. the heat just goes straight out of them even with the curtains closed.
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
We are live in 5 mins!!
Livestream Announcement: What If A Database Was A Map?
On Tuesday 25th November from 7.30pm GMT we'll be speaking with Arby from @commonknowledge.coop about the Mapped project's motivations, successes and future. Hope to see you there!
gfsc.community/livestream-a...
On Tuesday 25th November from 7.30pm GMT we'll be speaking with Arby from @commonknowledge.coop about the Mapped project's motivations, successes and future. Hope to see you there!
gfsc.community/livestream-a...
Livestream Announcement: What If A Database Was A Map?
For our next livestream we're speaking with Arby Hisenaj from Common Knowledge about Mapped, a tool for organisers and campaigners that transforms databases and membership lists into interactive maps.
gfsc.community
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are live in 5 mins!!
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
I had triple espresso I zoom to the moon I dance upon the stars I eat a comet for dinner
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I had triple espresso I zoom to the moon I dance upon the stars I eat a comet for dinner
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
oh go on then
WELCOME SAGITTARIUS SEASON! HYPERBOLE! ENTHUSIASM! AGGRESSIVE GENEROSITY! OPTIMISTICALLY OVEREXTEND YOURSELF! KNOW IT ALL! TMI! PDA! UNHINGED AS AN ATTACHMENT STYLE! BRUTAL HONESTY AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! LIFE IS SHORT! REGRET IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD INSIDE! F ICE! EAT THE OLIGARCHY! FREE PALESTINE!
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
oh go on then
everyone goes on about the bike lanes and the trams, but a place i think we're really behind the Netherlands is the easy availability of stracciatella yogurt
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
everyone goes on about the bike lanes and the trams, but a place i think we're really behind the Netherlands is the easy availability of stracciatella yogurt
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
This Friday evening is The Morl Society:
A livestream of short niche presentations delivered by people who signed up to give short niche presentations. Even I'm not 100% on what they're all about, exactly.
Watch live from 7.30pm at www.twitch.tv/seanmorl
A livestream of short niche presentations delivered by people who signed up to give short niche presentations. Even I'm not 100% on what they're all about, exactly.
Watch live from 7.30pm at www.twitch.tv/seanmorl
![The Morl Society 4: The Programme
Martijn Frazer
The first successful* dutch voyage to Indonesia
FunkyMrChicken
"It's so hard to a Wi-Fi these days": An exploration of Modern ICt, its application in the home, and what that means in the context of Late-Stage Capitalism
Ash / LooseyLeftie
Innovative Puppetry in 1979's 'The Muppet Movie'
MaggieFBK
The Life Of Why: Felt and Scene
Dan McKee
The Theme Tunes of Tony Hatch: The Themes Tunes Of Tony Hatch
Caroline
My American Town Has a 100-Year-Old-Castle
KingOfThyme
The Vnexpected A-Z of Docthor Who [sic]: The Universe of Doctor Who is just a TV Show and the alphabet can prove it
Benjamin Animation
I REJECT YOUR [virtual] REALITY AND SUBSTITUTE MY OWN
Friday 28th November, 7.30pm GMT
www.twitch.tv/seanmorl](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qo5kn737otyytztgvb2zscq5/bafkreidunhu56jtm33ky5777bnhjaofhc6g3ok7yti6idf6s7pho43jhdy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This Friday evening is The Morl Society:
A livestream of short niche presentations delivered by people who signed up to give short niche presentations. Even I'm not 100% on what they're all about, exactly.
Watch live from 7.30pm at www.twitch.tv/seanmorl
A livestream of short niche presentations delivered by people who signed up to give short niche presentations. Even I'm not 100% on what they're all about, exactly.
Watch live from 7.30pm at www.twitch.tv/seanmorl
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social:
The English public have rejected atoms and have embraced the ethereal grasp of Big Ghost.
Featuring an interview with @davidwclarke.bsky.social about @nfsengland.bsky.social.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/a-f...
The English public have rejected atoms and have embraced the ethereal grasp of Big Ghost.
Featuring an interview with @davidwclarke.bsky.social about @nfsengland.bsky.social.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/a-f...
A Farewell To Atoms: Adjusting to the Era of Big Ghost
Sean Morley discusses the myth of the physicalist consensus and how supernatural beliefs are flourishing in an era of isolation and mistrust with folklorist Dr David Clarke of Sheffield Hallam Univers...
nowthenmagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My latest for @nowthenmag.bsky.social:
The English public have rejected atoms and have embraced the ethereal grasp of Big Ghost.
Featuring an interview with @davidwclarke.bsky.social about @nfsengland.bsky.social.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/a-f...
The English public have rejected atoms and have embraced the ethereal grasp of Big Ghost.
Featuring an interview with @davidwclarke.bsky.social about @nfsengland.bsky.social.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/a-f...
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
Meta, my expectations for you were low, but JFC
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meta, my expectations for you were low, but JFC
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
Trans Theft Horso is everything indie games should be. A brilliant and unique experience, made by a singular weirdo with a dream.
I'm taking Trans Theft Horso to AdventureX narrative gaming convention tomorrow where I'll get to exhibit demos for the game, plus let people pet some plush animal friends.
Here are some visuals I made for the demo menu today #AdvX25
Here are some visuals I made for the demo menu today #AdvX25
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Trans Theft Horso is everything indie games should be. A brilliant and unique experience, made by a singular weirdo with a dream.
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
I TOLD Y'ALL I didn't want to learn anything else!!! I said I was DONE with information and I MEANT IT!! I don't want to KNOW THINGS any longer! I was VERY CLEAR about this: do not inform me.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I TOLD Y'ALL I didn't want to learn anything else!!! I said I was DONE with information and I MEANT IT!! I don't want to KNOW THINGS any longer! I was VERY CLEAR about this: do not inform me.
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
Not me, though. I'm gonna talk openly about how challenging I found motherhood without shame. It's criminal what we expect women to endure with a smile on their face. I love my children, but I hate the social role of motherhood. It's dehumanizing to the women whose lives it polices.
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not me, though. I'm gonna talk openly about how challenging I found motherhood without shame. It's criminal what we expect women to endure with a smile on their face. I love my children, but I hate the social role of motherhood. It's dehumanizing to the women whose lives it polices.
does anyone actually understand this?
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
does anyone actually understand this?
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
I'm taking Trans Theft Horso to AdventureX narrative gaming convention tomorrow where I'll get to exhibit demos for the game, plus let people pet some plush animal friends.
Here are some visuals I made for the demo menu today #AdvX25
Here are some visuals I made for the demo menu today #AdvX25
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I'm taking Trans Theft Horso to AdventureX narrative gaming convention tomorrow where I'll get to exhibit demos for the game, plus let people pet some plush animal friends.
Here are some visuals I made for the demo menu today #AdvX25
Here are some visuals I made for the demo menu today #AdvX25
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
watching your husband’s phone light up like a Christmas tree and knowing it’s President Donald J Trump
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
But yeah the formula is “I used to do sports! But now I can’t do [basic activity of daily living]. I have tried graded exercise therapy and was concerned when it didn’t help because I want to be Productive Under Capitalism!”
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
But yeah the formula is “I used to do sports! But now I can’t do [basic activity of daily living]. I have tried graded exercise therapy and was concerned when it didn’t help because I want to be Productive Under Capitalism!”
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
⚠️ Closing tomorrow!
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
⚠️ Closing tomorrow!
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Researcher!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and national survey datasets?
We'd love to hear from you.
Don't miss out - apply now 🔽
bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
If you're not having a cheese toastie and a cup a soup today, what on earth are you playing at
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
If you're not having a cheese toastie and a cup a soup today, what on earth are you playing at
Reposted by Natalie Alana Ashton
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.