Ashley C. Ford
@smashfizzle.bsky.social
My sister said her four month old keeps pulling her hair because he’s bald and jealous 🤣 He’s not even bald though, my guy got mad curls!
September 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
My sister said her four month old keeps pulling her hair because he’s bald and jealous 🤣 He’s not even bald though, my guy got mad curls!
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*blinks*
“More than 150 employees at the cloud services giant Digital Ocean protested last year after its CEO explained in an all-hands meeting that his former mentor was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which he said shows how employees can work together despite holding different beliefs.”
“More than 150 employees at the cloud services giant Digital Ocean protested last year after its CEO explained in an all-hands meeting that his former mentor was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which he said shows how employees can work together despite holding different beliefs.”
September 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
*blinks*
“More than 150 employees at the cloud services giant Digital Ocean protested last year after its CEO explained in an all-hands meeting that his former mentor was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which he said shows how employees can work together despite holding different beliefs.”
“More than 150 employees at the cloud services giant Digital Ocean protested last year after its CEO explained in an all-hands meeting that his former mentor was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, which he said shows how employees can work together despite holding different beliefs.”
I swear to god my imagination just came back online after like…several months.
September 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I swear to god my imagination just came back online after like…several months.
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the attention to Flock has exploded in recent weeks
in April, bolts published an article on the length that a Wisconsin town went through to get Flock to take down its cameras — including covering them in trash bags.
what the mayor told us:
in April, bolts published an article on the length that a Wisconsin town went through to get Flock to take down its cameras — including covering them in trash bags.
what the mayor told us:
September 3, 2026 at 3:17 AM
the attention to Flock has exploded in recent weeks
in April, bolts published an article on the length that a Wisconsin town went through to get Flock to take down its cameras — including covering them in trash bags.
what the mayor told us:
in April, bolts published an article on the length that a Wisconsin town went through to get Flock to take down its cameras — including covering them in trash bags.
what the mayor told us:
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did bluesky hear about Miss Teen Indiana’s Garfield costume
August 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
did bluesky hear about Miss Teen Indiana’s Garfield costume
My husband hates where he grew up. He has a great family who we’re close to, but the suburban town he was raised in? Hate. Since we’ve been together he’s lost five friends, or former friends, to suicide and addiction. And those are just his friends. He can name thirty he knew from his school days.
August 26, 2026 at 4:56 PM
My husband hates where he grew up. He has a great family who we’re close to, but the suburban town he was raised in? Hate. Since we’ve been together he’s lost five friends, or former friends, to suicide and addiction. And those are just his friends. He can name thirty he knew from his school days.
Finding it harder and harder to find romance novels I enjoy because apparently y’all think it’s romantic to fall in love with someone who was kinda mean to you at first. I do not.
August 26, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Finding it harder and harder to find romance novels I enjoy because apparently y’all think it’s romantic to fall in love with someone who was kinda mean to you at first. I do not.
I don’t hate anything the way I hate Slack. May I never download that app again 🙏🏾
August 21, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I don’t hate anything the way I hate Slack. May I never download that app again 🙏🏾
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SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
www.404media.co
August 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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This is heartbreaking... www.yahoo.com/news/science...
Woman Horrified to Find 29 Dead Sharks During Her Morning Walk on the Beach
An expert theorized that the sharks may have been stranded due to changing tides
www.yahoo.com
August 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is heartbreaking... www.yahoo.com/news/science...
I love Libib!
happy book lovers day! once upon a time @smashfizzle.bsky.social put me onto Libib, and i’ve never looked back. behold… all the books in the Fraser household 🤭📚
www.libib.com
www.libib.com
August 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I love Libib!
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My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story
We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist
NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.
www.npr.org
August 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story
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El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
August 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
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NEW: Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit, AI-generated child sexual abuse material in recent months. Some as recently as this week.
"These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."
"These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
www.wired.com
August 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
NEW: Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit, AI-generated child sexual abuse material in recent months. Some as recently as this week.
"These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."
"These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars."
I can go to bed now 🥰
It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
August 5, 2026 at 6:54 AM
I can go to bed now 🥰
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SCOOP: 404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” It encourages police to “own the narrative before someone else does” by championing the technology before citizens can oppose it.
‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...
www.404media.co
August 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” It encourages police to “own the narrative before someone else does” by championing the technology before citizens can oppose it.
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August 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section.
I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June.
We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon.
Convenient time for him to quit.
I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June.
We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon.
Convenient time for him to quit.
New: Washington Post Opinion editor Adam O’Neal is leaving, he announced in an internal memo Friday
July 31, 2026 at 4:55 PM
O’Neal helped purge me & all the other Black full-time staff columnists at the Post Opinion Section.
I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June.
We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon.
Convenient time for him to quit.
I challenged his move to fire me in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing. And he testified against me in June.
We are expecting an arbitration ruling soon.
Convenient time for him to quit.
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Parents are fed up with friends and relatives giving their kids “personalized” AI-generated storybooks with characters resembling their kids. Apart from data privacy concerns, literacy experts say these garbled and convoluted narratives could be an impediment to learning how to read.
Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books
Parents are getting fed up with garbled bedtime stories that feature characters based on actual photos of their children.
www.wired.com
July 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Parents are fed up with friends and relatives giving their kids “personalized” AI-generated storybooks with characters resembling their kids. Apart from data privacy concerns, literacy experts say these garbled and convoluted narratives could be an impediment to learning how to read.
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Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
www.404media.co
July 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
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Charlotte Hawkins Brown's Palmer Memorial Institute is the only designated Black women’s history site in North Carolina. Thanks to an ambitious preservation and adaptive reuse plan, the campus will soon welcome learners again. Loved covering this project!
Historic Black School at Heart of Development Plans in North Carolina Town
The Palmer Memorial Institute campus, once home to Charlotte Hawkins Brown, will continue to anchor Sedalia as the town grows.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
July 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Charlotte Hawkins Brown's Palmer Memorial Institute is the only designated Black women’s history site in North Carolina. Thanks to an ambitious preservation and adaptive reuse plan, the campus will soon welcome learners again. Loved covering this project!
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HAPPENING NOW
Hundreds are in the streets right now in Madison, WI, after police earlier today shot and killed a Black man. The demonstrations have taken over the city’s downtown.
Hundreds are in the streets right now in Madison, WI, after police earlier today shot and killed a Black man. The demonstrations have taken over the city’s downtown.
July 23, 2026 at 1:16 AM
HAPPENING NOW
Hundreds are in the streets right now in Madison, WI, after police earlier today shot and killed a Black man. The demonstrations have taken over the city’s downtown.
Hundreds are in the streets right now in Madison, WI, after police earlier today shot and killed a Black man. The demonstrations have taken over the city’s downtown.
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I said what I said.
Opinion | Russell Vought should be impeached
The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget has been two-timing Congress, making spending cuts that lawmakers rejected.
www.ms.now
July 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I said what I said.
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The world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle.
We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation.
19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation.
19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Single mothers lost months of income hiding from ICE — and now can’t afford to renew immigration papers
They survived ICE's takeover in Minneapolis. But now their DACA protections are set to expire, leaving dozens scrambling to afford hundreds of dollars in fees to maintain their legal status.
19thnews.org
July 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle.
We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation.
19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation.
19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
A masterpiece.
It's Cormac McCarthy's birthday, so we can't let it go by without pointing you to this ridiculous nonsense in our archives...
Chili’s Menu, by Cormac McCarthy
Mix-n-Match Ribs Platter – $19.99: “It was just after sunset when they came upon the wagon. Two vultures screeched at them as they approached, mottled skin q...
buff.ly
July 21, 2026 at 12:38 AM
A masterpiece.