Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
Disgruntled American ex-pat artist and writer living in Germany. Does not want to hear about the new Superman movie.
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Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
· Jul 25
Look! Bluesky has made me young again! Thanks for joining me here during my self-expulsion from the Metaverse. Please don't forget my illustrated journal of hilarious angst: thesymptoms.substack.com
RIP Rob Reiner, you crazy leftist radical.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
RIP Rob Reiner, you crazy leftist radical.
Nate Silver: “Heather Cox Richardson promotes presumptions about progressivism’s historical righteousness that don’t align with public opinion.”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nate Silver: “Heather Cox Richardson promotes presumptions about progressivism’s historical righteousness that don’t align with public opinion.”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
Bluesky: “Nate Silver hates women!”
Music is none of my business.
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Music is none of my business.
You're never going to understand what TIME's Person of the Year choice means, are you?
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
You're never going to understand what TIME's Person of the Year choice means, are you?
I’m with Rubio on the font issue. If you soft liberals aren’t going to stand up for Times New Roman, I may have to switch parties.
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m with Rubio on the font issue. If you soft liberals aren’t going to stand up for Times New Roman, I may have to switch parties.
Negativland, circa 1980
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Negativland, circa 1980
Today's Birthday Boy: David Carradine
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today's Birthday Boy: David Carradine
It's Tom Waits' birthday, but I am the only illustrator on Earth who has never drawn a Tom Waits portrait.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's Tom Waits' birthday, but I am the only illustrator on Earth who has never drawn a Tom Waits portrait.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Season’s Greetings from our bunker to yours!
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Season’s Greetings from our bunker to yours!
Achtung, Kinder! Krampus kommt!
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Achtung, Kinder! Krampus kommt!
What if - and just hear me out here - instead of suspected drug traffickers, those boats were full of American English faculty saying, "We've got to learn to adapt to A.I.?"
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What if - and just hear me out here - instead of suspected drug traffickers, those boats were full of American English faculty saying, "We've got to learn to adapt to A.I.?"
Today's Birthday Boy: Zach Trenholm
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today's Birthday Boy: Zach Trenholm
Reposted by Ashley Holt
I’ll say with no exaggeration that these people are the enemy of humanity, the enemy of anything we hold dear or important haaa
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I’ll say with no exaggeration that these people are the enemy of humanity, the enemy of anything we hold dear or important haaa
How about this? If you can't stop saying "like," would you consider editing them all out of your YouTube video?
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
How about this? If you can't stop saying "like," would you consider editing them all out of your YouTube video?
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
Recommended: Murder on Flight 502, a 1975 Aaron Spelling made-for-TV catastrophe. Scores on points to be one of the worst movies ever made. Sonny Bono gets top billing, if that gives you any indication of its greatness.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Recommended: Murder on Flight 502, a 1975 Aaron Spelling made-for-TV catastrophe. Scores on points to be one of the worst movies ever made. Sonny Bono gets top billing, if that gives you any indication of its greatness.
Camilla Wikland. Posted at the suggestion from the Peanut Gallery that portraits should include kitty cats.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Camilla Wikland. Posted at the suggestion from the Peanut Gallery that portraits should include kitty cats.
Coming soon: Solid reinforcement for your perpetual doldrums.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Coming soon: Solid reinforcement for your perpetual doldrums.
Portraits of wee youngins are tricky business. Ten years later, they've shaved their heads, pierced their lips, and tattooed poo emojis on their foreheads.
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Portraits of wee youngins are tricky business. Ten years later, they've shaved their heads, pierced their lips, and tattooed poo emojis on their foreheads.
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Let’s see if this “gift link” works. An inside view of how quickly the very principle of law in the United States can crumble.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘It’s a Culture Now of Fear’: A Year of Chaos Inside the Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Let’s see if this “gift link” works. An inside view of how quickly the very principle of law in the United States can crumble.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
