Brian Ashmore (he/him)
@orangecreamsikl.bsky.social
Board games, Trans Rights are Human Rights. Currently liking BlackPink, Netflix Korean rom-coms, books, and other random shit
DeadLastAgain on twitch, BGA, discord
DeadLastAgain on twitch, BGA, discord
I love this so much for Cocona.
Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I love this so much for Cocona.
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oh my god cocona i’m so proud
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
oh my god cocona i’m so proud
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I'm happy to hear the news about Cocona coming out as a transmasc nonbinary person and that Cocona is in a supportive environment.
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm happy to hear the news about Cocona coming out as a transmasc nonbinary person and that Cocona is in a supportive environment.
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
This is a GREAT news for young nonbinary people and a tremendous step forward for nonbinary recognition in Japan.
💛💛🤍🤍💜💜🖤🖤
www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
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Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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It's officially December and it's another big month for Jodie Lettering Things. We're definitely frontloaded, with STARTLING TALES OF SANTA CLAUS and RED SHIRTS #5 both in-stores this week! You'll want them both, I assure you.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's officially December and it's another big month for Jodie Lettering Things. We're definitely frontloaded, with STARTLING TALES OF SANTA CLAUS and RED SHIRTS #5 both in-stores this week! You'll want them both, I assure you.
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Tomorrow is our last chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. We can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double digits, but only if we turn enough voters out — please make some calls to help us send @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Tomorrow is our last chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box in 2025. We can flip a Tennessee district that Trump won by double digits, but only if we turn enough voters out — please make some calls to help us send @aftynbehn.bsky.social to Congress: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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@amabel.bsky.social 2 Q’s on Belinda’s Big Bonus:
1) I didn’t see where a Belinker option for the game was on your website, did I miss this? Or is there someway the additional cards can be ordered separately?
2) Is someone using a ‘Gentleman’s Wolf’ during the game a cause for penalty or fair play?
1) I didn’t see where a Belinker option for the game was on your website, did I miss this? Or is there someway the additional cards can be ordered separately?
2) Is someone using a ‘Gentleman’s Wolf’ during the game a cause for penalty or fair play?
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@amabel.bsky.social 2 Q’s on Belinda’s Big Bonus:
1) I didn’t see where a Belinker option for the game was on your website, did I miss this? Or is there someway the additional cards can be ordered separately?
2) Is someone using a ‘Gentleman’s Wolf’ during the game a cause for penalty or fair play?
1) I didn’t see where a Belinker option for the game was on your website, did I miss this? Or is there someway the additional cards can be ordered separately?
2) Is someone using a ‘Gentleman’s Wolf’ during the game a cause for penalty or fair play?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Want to check out Wonderland's War Duel with @druidcitygames.bsky.social? I cleaned up yesterday's stream and put the playthrough on YouTube. Check it out here!
youtu.be/_1WtsSarOtU?...
#boardgames
youtu.be/_1WtsSarOtU?...
#boardgames
Wonderland's War Duel with James Hudson!
YouTube video by Banzainator
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Want to check out Wonderland's War Duel with @druidcitygames.bsky.social? I cleaned up yesterday's stream and put the playthrough on YouTube. Check it out here!
youtu.be/_1WtsSarOtU?...
#boardgames
youtu.be/_1WtsSarOtU?...
#boardgames
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the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.
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Oh also - as a reminder for folks seeking daily puzzles that aren't associated with specific newspapers - Puzzmo is a great option. The have an app for iOS too and your account counts for both.
August 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Oh also - as a reminder for folks seeking daily puzzles that aren't associated with specific newspapers - Puzzmo is a great option. The have an app for iOS too and your account counts for both.
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I want folks in the industry to be more open in their opposition to the genocide that the US is currently funding. Really, just a post, or even a donation to something like the Zaynab Project would suffice. thezaynabproject.org
The Zaynab Project | Providing Humanitarian Aid Across Gaza
We're on a mission to transform the lives of vulnerable children and families across Gaza. The Zaynab Project delivers life-saving humanitarian aid.
thezaynabproject.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I want folks in the industry to be more open in their opposition to the genocide that the US is currently funding. Really, just a post, or even a donation to something like the Zaynab Project would suffice. thezaynabproject.org
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.
I can’t throw money at this fast enough. I’m sooo excited for this game
Our lids were sealed; but like the Duchess, we promised we'd come clean!
Coming this fall;;
BELINDA'S BIG BONUS - a BELINDA BLINKED game - is the first board game based on the books by @flintstonerocky.bsky.social enjoyed by "Belinkers" around the globe.
🧵for details 🧵
Coming this fall;;
BELINDA'S BIG BONUS - a BELINDA BLINKED game - is the first board game based on the books by @flintstonerocky.bsky.social enjoyed by "Belinkers" around the globe.
🧵for details 🧵
July 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can’t throw money at this fast enough. I’m sooo excited for this game
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You can't throw a rock in any group of friends I'm part of without hitting at least three trans folks who lost a decade somewhere. To the closet, maybe, to a misery they couldn't explain, to hating themselves and thinking they were broken, to a double life and consciousness, to lying to themselves.
June 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You can't throw a rock in any group of friends I'm part of without hitting at least three trans folks who lost a decade somewhere. To the closet, maybe, to a misery they couldn't explain, to hating themselves and thinking they were broken, to a double life and consciousness, to lying to themselves.
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🚨 ALERTA PHILLY 🚨
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
June 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🚨 ALERTA PHILLY 🚨
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
Hearing from a very credible local source that there may be ICE action tomorrow (Sunday 6/8) in the following areas:
5th and Washington Ave
7th and Snyder Ave
5th and McKean/Wolf
Chinatown
Let your neighbors know to stay safe and be vigilant. Be ready. Be water.
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I finally made calls to both of my state senators to vote against the one big beautiful bill, the absolute piece of garbage that it is.
The 5 calls app helped me form my thoughts more coherently, even if I wasn’t totally all together with what I spoke about.
The 5 calls app helped me form my thoughts more coherently, even if I wasn’t totally all together with what I spoke about.
May 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I finally made calls to both of my state senators to vote against the one big beautiful bill, the absolute piece of garbage that it is.
The 5 calls app helped me form my thoughts more coherently, even if I wasn’t totally all together with what I spoke about.
The 5 calls app helped me form my thoughts more coherently, even if I wasn’t totally all together with what I spoke about.
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I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
May 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
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anyone who supports israel can get fucked
anyone who can rationalise the slaughter of innocents in the name of strategy or of justice can get fucked
there’s no two sides in this story. there’s the indiscriminate murder and starvation of people like you and me and there is pure evil. that’s it.
anyone who can rationalise the slaughter of innocents in the name of strategy or of justice can get fucked
there’s no two sides in this story. there’s the indiscriminate murder and starvation of people like you and me and there is pure evil. that’s it.
May 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
anyone who supports israel can get fucked
anyone who can rationalise the slaughter of innocents in the name of strategy or of justice can get fucked
there’s no two sides in this story. there’s the indiscriminate murder and starvation of people like you and me and there is pure evil. that’s it.
anyone who can rationalise the slaughter of innocents in the name of strategy or of justice can get fucked
there’s no two sides in this story. there’s the indiscriminate murder and starvation of people like you and me and there is pure evil. that’s it.
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Cardboard Ghosts, by @amabel.bsky.social, is a Top Read of 2025! Purchase at this link or wherever fine books are sold.
www.routledge.com/Cardboard-Gh...
www.routledge.com/Cardboard-Gh...
May 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Cardboard Ghosts, by @amabel.bsky.social, is a Top Read of 2025! Purchase at this link or wherever fine books are sold.
www.routledge.com/Cardboard-Gh...
www.routledge.com/Cardboard-Gh...
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all right everybody, here we go
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
Emergency Alert: Six action steps if your NEA grant was just canceled • Oregon ArtsWatch
Arts organizations can learn how to still appeal the cancellations, including free resources and support on what steps to take.
www.orartswatch.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
all right everybody, here we go
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources
links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday
please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources