Ashley Tallyn
@shmolass.bsky.social
Recovering “pleasure to have in class.”
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Checks out…
August 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Checks out…
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Look the way she translates the opening versus other versions. It's incredible.
July 22, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Look the way she translates the opening versus other versions. It's incredible.
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Famous authors asking you out
June 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Famous authors asking you out
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My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/
June 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/
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On World Bee Day, it's important to be able to tell what's a bee and what's a colleague.
#WorldBeeDay
#WorldBeeDay
May 20, 2026 at 10:59 AM
On World Bee Day, it's important to be able to tell what's a bee and what's a colleague.
#WorldBeeDay
#WorldBeeDay
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New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...
April 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...
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My little fundraiser in Kieran’s memory is live now - www.warleywoods.org.uk/fundraisers/... Warley Woods is a beautiful place and it doesn’t get external funding!
Check out Rachel Moss' fundraising page, In memory of Kieran James Binnie
In memory of my late husband
www.warleywoods.org.uk
April 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
My little fundraiser in Kieran’s memory is live now - www.warleywoods.org.uk/fundraisers/... Warley Woods is a beautiful place and it doesn’t get external funding!
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(Pictured: Harold Godwinson swears an oath of fealty over holy relics to the absolute unit.)
April 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM
(Pictured: Harold Godwinson swears an oath of fealty over holy relics to the absolute unit.)
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It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
March 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
It's the Spring Equinox - the first astronomical day of spring! ☀️
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
Longer days. Lighter evenings.
Sunshine warm on your skin, birds singing, blossom in the branches.
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Out on the wily, windy moors
we'd roll and fall in green.
You had a book display, like my library
on point, so timely. 📚
#WutheringHeights
we'd roll and fall in green.
You had a book display, like my library
on point, so timely. 📚
#WutheringHeights
February 27, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Out on the wily, windy moors
we'd roll and fall in green.
You had a book display, like my library
on point, so timely. 📚
#WutheringHeights
we'd roll and fall in green.
You had a book display, like my library
on point, so timely. 📚
#WutheringHeights
This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 AM
This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
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Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Wow…I feel so old
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.
#WebDesignHistory
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Wow…I feel so old
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In case you think this sounds silly, here's our last sentence: "With four more years of a Trump presidency ahead, those of us in the Real World would do well to remember that preserving democracy is a process not an event: one that requires constant vigilance and a willingness to act." 💥🎤
Hi Barbies! Pleased that @dramyburge.bsky.social & my chapter, '‘The man behind the tan’: Ken’s Trumpian Absurdity' has been published in the exciting new book The Barbie Phenomenon, Volume 1! www.routledge.com/The-Barbie-P...
a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair
ALT: a close up of a barbie doll with blonde hair
media.tenor.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
In case you think this sounds silly, here's our last sentence: "With four more years of a Trump presidency ahead, those of us in the Real World would do well to remember that preserving democracy is a process not an event: one that requires constant vigilance and a willingness to act." 💥🎤
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I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
America tips into fascism (GUEST POST)
"Something is materially different in our country this week than last," writes historian Garrett Graff.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I loved @vermontgmg.bsky.social's latest piece so much that I asked if I could republish it on The Handbasket and he so generously said yes.
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
If you haven't read it yet, please do. It's essential:
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Today is Trans Pride London.
If you can’t make it, and you are a cis woman who is fed up with transphobic restrictions being imposed on a marginalized community in your name, please consider signing and sharing this petition
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
If you can’t make it, and you are a cis woman who is fed up with transphobic restrictions being imposed on a marginalized community in your name, please consider signing and sharing this petition
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
July 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Pride London.
If you can’t make it, and you are a cis woman who is fed up with transphobic restrictions being imposed on a marginalized community in your name, please consider signing and sharing this petition
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
If you can’t make it, and you are a cis woman who is fed up with transphobic restrictions being imposed on a marginalized community in your name, please consider signing and sharing this petition
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
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I should be, and generally am used to these things but when the trump White House got huffy at us today for this accurate and chill story from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me, I must confess it did…… annoy me, let’s just say.
If you’re gonna lie the country into war, the least you can do is be…
If you’re gonna lie the country into war, the least you can do is be…
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I should be, and generally am used to these things but when the trump White House got huffy at us today for this accurate and chill story from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me, I must confess it did…… annoy me, let’s just say.
If you’re gonna lie the country into war, the least you can do is be…
If you’re gonna lie the country into war, the least you can do is be…
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*gazes into the distance* I simultaneously believe that humans have been like this for millennia and that we stand at a uniquely stupid moment in history
This is a real headline. I am not joking.
June 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
*gazes into the distance* I simultaneously believe that humans have been like this for millennia and that we stand at a uniquely stupid moment in history
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We’re calling on everyone who cares about nature: write to your MP now.
Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
May 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We’re calling on everyone who cares about nature: write to your MP now.
Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
Show them we won’t stand by while vital protections are ripped up: action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/...
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No one plans a stroke. It comes with enormous physical, emotional, and financial costs.
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
March 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
No one plans a stroke. It comes with enormous physical, emotional, and financial costs.
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
Already, stroke survivors* struggle to access benefits like #PIP - and these cuts will leave more & more families affected by stroke & disability, with less & less. We must do better.
*Cardiovascular disease 👇
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We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
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Days since a trash can mishap: 0
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
March 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Days since a trash can mishap: 0
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow
This was a long time coming and it was a REALLY GOOD mishap bahahahaha full statement to follow