The Ashen Council
@theashencouncil.bsky.social
Melbourne-based transfem plural system. Lesbians. Cranky. We mostly just talk about our dog Noodle, our current obsession, and random media.
She/her most of the time so just go with that.
She/her most of the time so just go with that.
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System Emoji Tags (2024 hopefully final edition)
💋- Saskia
👁️- Hope
💾- LSTR-512 "Elster"
😋- Paige
🔥- Serafina
🐺- Hunter
👻- Spectre
😸- Juniper
☄️- Ember
⭐- Polaris
☀️- Summer Polaris
❄️- Winter Polaris
🌇- Dawn Polaris
🌃- Eve Polaris
🤍- Fang
🧢- Strider
💋- Saskia
👁️- Hope
💾- LSTR-512 "Elster"
😋- Paige
🔥- Serafina
🐺- Hunter
👻- Spectre
😸- Juniper
☄️- Ember
⭐- Polaris
☀️- Summer Polaris
❄️- Winter Polaris
🌇- Dawn Polaris
🌃- Eve Polaris
🤍- Fang
🧢- Strider
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everyone has those nightmares where you go back to school right?
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
everyone has those nightmares where you go back to school right?
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Today, I examine how the boundaries of the Nation are co-constituted by race, disability, and sexuality, but also---notably---gender and control over reproduction.
And ask everyone to stop saying transfeminism is 'imperialist'. For fuck's sake.
Read: taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/understand...
And ask everyone to stop saying transfeminism is 'imperialist'. For fuck's sake.
Read: taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/understand...
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today, I examine how the boundaries of the Nation are co-constituted by race, disability, and sexuality, but also---notably---gender and control over reproduction.
And ask everyone to stop saying transfeminism is 'imperialist'. For fuck's sake.
Read: taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/understand...
And ask everyone to stop saying transfeminism is 'imperialist'. For fuck's sake.
Read: taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/understand...
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Add CONTROL Resonant to your wishlist now!
PlayStation 5: store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Xbox Series X|S: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3669870/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/control-re...
#CONTROLResonant
PlayStation 5: store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Xbox Series X|S: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3669870/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/control-re...
#CONTROLResonant
store.playstation.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Add CONTROL Resonant to your wishlist now!
PlayStation 5: store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Xbox Series X|S: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3669870/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/control-re...
#CONTROLResonant
PlayStation 5: store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
Xbox Series X|S: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3669870/...
Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.com/p/control-re...
#CONTROLResonant
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Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in CONTROL Resonant, a thrilling action-adventure RPG.
Watch the announcement trailer: youtu.be/WhQm-ExRz60
CONTROL Resonant is out in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Mac.
#CONTROLResonant
Watch the announcement trailer: youtu.be/WhQm-ExRz60
CONTROL Resonant is out in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Mac.
#CONTROLResonant
CONTROL Resonant – Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025
Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in this thrilling action-adventure RPG. Unleash the extraordinary powers of Dylan Faden as he fights for his humanity and survival…
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation in CONTROL Resonant, a thrilling action-adventure RPG.
Watch the announcement trailer: youtu.be/WhQm-ExRz60
CONTROL Resonant is out in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Mac.
#CONTROLResonant
Watch the announcement trailer: youtu.be/WhQm-ExRz60
CONTROL Resonant is out in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Mac.
#CONTROLResonant
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Importantly, this wouldn't have passed without Dem support. There was enough of a split within Republican ranks that if Dems had voted against the bill it would've been doa. Giving Trump a blank check to warmonger *and* passing an anti-trans measure was a choice.
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Importantly, this wouldn't have passed without Dem support. There was enough of a split within Republican ranks that if Dems had voted against the bill it would've been doa. Giving Trump a blank check to warmonger *and* passing an anti-trans measure was a choice.
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Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
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❄️ I don't think that's true, my guy.
October 18, 2024 at 7:19 AM
❄️ I don't think that's true, my guy.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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rip gainax, you ended in a weird convoluted way that pissed a lot of people off
Hideaki Anno just announced via the khara website that Gainax is officially dead and gone as a corporate entity as of December 10th: www.khara.co.jp/2025/12/11/2...
「株式会社ガイナックス」について
2025年12月10日の官報掲載にありますように、アニメーション制作スタジオだった「株式会社ガイナックス」の破産整理が終わり、法人として消滅し、その42年弱の歴史を終えました。 創設期から20年以上籍を置き、今日まで株主として関わっていたものとして誠に残念な最後ですが、静かに受け止めています。 まず、2019年、当時の代表取締役社長巻智博氏の逮捕を受け、弊社と共にガイナックス社の再建、後に整...
www.khara.co.jp
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
rip gainax, you ended in a weird convoluted way that pissed a lot of people off
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Multiple men in the replies telling me to lighten up because it IS funny, mixed in with some homophobia, some transphobia that got deleted, and a bunch of "But it's so GAY to HATE WOMEN they're GAY FOR MEN" that kind of demonstrates my point perfectly.
It's straight, actually.
It's very straight.
It's straight, actually.
It's very straight.
I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
"Everything straight is actually gay" is my favourite kind of ragebait posts by these morons.
December 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Multiple men in the replies telling me to lighten up because it IS funny, mixed in with some homophobia, some transphobia that got deleted, and a bunch of "But it's so GAY to HATE WOMEN they're GAY FOR MEN" that kind of demonstrates my point perfectly.
It's straight, actually.
It's very straight.
It's straight, actually.
It's very straight.
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if my yearbook photo were ai slop next to the word “cringe,” id burn down the school
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
if my yearbook photo were ai slop next to the word “cringe,” id burn down the school
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I was going to sit down today and finish up my first draft of an essay where I examine how transmisogyny is in part rooted in demographic anxieties, about seeing queerness as a dereliction of one's duty to the nation by abandoning reproduction.
And Redstate just goes and says it for me.
And Redstate just goes and says it for me.
I read the title to this article much differently than the author intended.
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I was going to sit down today and finish up my first draft of an essay where I examine how transmisogyny is in part rooted in demographic anxieties, about seeing queerness as a dereliction of one's duty to the nation by abandoning reproduction.
And Redstate just goes and says it for me.
And Redstate just goes and says it for me.
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Every person responsible for this should be fucking shot.
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Every person responsible for this should be fucking shot.
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they're backing the censorship because to them, maintaining status quo control is worth an infinite number of lives
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
they're backing the censorship because to them, maintaining status quo control is worth an infinite number of lives
Age Verification requirements hitting in Australia are making me want to get deeply involved in politics in ways that involve fire.
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Age Verification requirements hitting in Australia are making me want to get deeply involved in politics in ways that involve fire.
My wife @lucemeteora.bsky.social is streaming Elden Ring! Come watch and hang out if you want!
MujakiNaAkuma_665 - Twitch
Casual late night Elden Ring
www.twitch.tv
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My wife @lucemeteora.bsky.social is streaming Elden Ring! Come watch and hang out if you want!
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Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
This is a great video and god, Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is absolutely the kind of game I would have been fucking obsessed with if it had been released in English.
youtu.be/z_fKA548aCQ NEW VIDEO, folks! Join me in taking a look at one of the best untranslated PS1 horror games, a game that really surprised me with its depth, earnestness and interesting gameplay! Yuuyami Doori Tankentai, the ambitious swansong of the PS1 Syndrome games.
The Best Untranslated PS1 Horror | Yuuyami Doori Tankentai
YouTube video by Punchy
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is a great video and god, Yuuyami Doori Tankentai is absolutely the kind of game I would have been fucking obsessed with if it had been released in English.
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youtu.be/z_fKA548aCQ NEW VIDEO, folks! Join me in taking a look at one of the best untranslated PS1 horror games, a game that really surprised me with its depth, earnestness and interesting gameplay! Yuuyami Doori Tankentai, the ambitious swansong of the PS1 Syndrome games.
The Best Untranslated PS1 Horror | Yuuyami Doori Tankentai
YouTube video by Punchy
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
youtu.be/z_fKA548aCQ NEW VIDEO, folks! Join me in taking a look at one of the best untranslated PS1 horror games, a game that really surprised me with its depth, earnestness and interesting gameplay! Yuuyami Doori Tankentai, the ambitious swansong of the PS1 Syndrome games.
Microsoft tricked us into retroactively remembering Windows 98 as being good by releasing Windows ME, which was was absolute dogshit that would kill itself at the drop of a hat.
Really loving the replies on that “Gen Z likes old tech” story along the lines of “Windows 98 was the peak of Windows”. It bluescreened so often there was a way to make Windows try to keep hobbling along post-BSOD. Win98 wasn’t great! Your nostalgia is lying to you!
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Microsoft tricked us into retroactively remembering Windows 98 as being good by releasing Windows ME, which was was absolute dogshit that would kill itself at the drop of a hat.
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Really loving the replies on that “Gen Z likes old tech” story along the lines of “Windows 98 was the peak of Windows”. It bluescreened so often there was a way to make Windows try to keep hobbling along post-BSOD. Win98 wasn’t great! Your nostalgia is lying to you!
December 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Really loving the replies on that “Gen Z likes old tech” story along the lines of “Windows 98 was the peak of Windows”. It bluescreened so often there was a way to make Windows try to keep hobbling along post-BSOD. Win98 wasn’t great! Your nostalgia is lying to you!
I am so fucking braindead rn.
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I am so fucking braindead rn.
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daily affirmations:
- you’re a good dog
- you deserve a treat
- it’s okay to steal a forklift
- look it’s even got the keys in it
- you’re a good dog
- you deserve a treat
- it’s okay to steal a forklift
- look it’s even got the keys in it
September 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
daily affirmations:
- you’re a good dog
- you deserve a treat
- it’s okay to steal a forklift
- look it’s even got the keys in it
- you’re a good dog
- you deserve a treat
- it’s okay to steal a forklift
- look it’s even got the keys in it