What is it gonna take? (this could apply to so many things right now)

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social I am so sorry to hear about your dad. I know that his memory will be a blessing because you've shared some of those memories with us and I thank you for that. I am thinking about you and your family now and sending❤️.

I am slightly obsessed with these candles...just bought some more today. I love that they are book themed (book nerd over here) and that they help a small business in Minneapolis. www.frostbeardstudio.com

Went to the No Kings protest in Cary, NC today and had some great conversation with an older lady next to me. Found out later she’s a nun! Was raised evangelical so this was the first nun I’ve ever met. Pretty cool!

What a wonderful heartwarming story...it really does take a village!

Holy shit that Sinners number at the Oscars, wow!

I swear all the dumbest MTV celebrities from my teen years currently hold a disturbing amount of power. It’s wild in the worst way!

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social Just browsing my library's new books and came across this one. Made me think of you!

Holy cow, this is great (in a different county from me but close enough for me to claim it!)! I am about the only one in any setting still wearing a mask but this is why I keep doing it!

@juliedicaro.bsky.social Just finished your book today and really enjoyed it! It was mostly infuriating but with a little dash of optimism (like our current reality in general). Thank you for all your hard work on the book and I'm sorry you've had to deal with so much bullshit!

Oh my goodness, this one really got me this morning.

I'm laughing at myself because I just started out my voicemail to my senator like "Ok, sir, I am going to try to keep my composure because I am very upset" and then proceeded to talk so long and intensely that I got cut off. Sent it anyway!

Imagine having to fake that you love Kid Rock for this long. 😂

Wow, this was so meaningful. Thank you @megpillow.bsky.social

Welp, ya gotta find joy in something and this did it for me today! It's about time for a Schitt's Creek rewatch too.

I usually shit my mouth and leave an awkward voicemail with my senators but I just left a pretty decent one, I think. “Please vote no on funding ICE. They are murdering people in the streets and I think they should be done”. Not to forget they are also kidnapping people, said that before too.

Yep.

I feel like we've gone backwards to the days of one Snackwell cookie as a little treat...seems like EVERYTHING in celebrity news and on social media is just about people losing a ton of weight. Gah. Please let's go back to celebrating bodies of all sizes and shapes!

When is someone going to say "WHAT WARS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"

I just ❤️ this! I need to save it on my phone to watch when the overwhelm sets in.

How the hell am I still dry Januarying this dry January? Can that lady share her Nobel Peace Prize with me?

All these communities banding together against ICE, protecting and supporting their neighbors is really lighting my fire/getting me choked up. ❤️

@ross.house.gov Will you join this endorsement?

A headline to sum up our times:

The best way to start the new year is by reading Sue Monk Kidd. I just ❤️her!

Whew, I need to go touch grass and by touch grass, I mean, go watch another episode of that sexy hockey show for non-sporty people! 🏒♥️

I love how I have not learned in 10 years to stop saying to myself “it can’t get any worse, right?”

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains I know nobody will know this one but it's one of my all time favorites (and I still listen to it all the time)

I'm rewatching Homeland and picturing the current administration in any of these situations and sweet baby Jesus, it is terrifying!

Against my better judgment, went down into the comments section of Nextdoor on a post complaining about customer service at Taco Bell. One said "spare the rod, spoil the child." Whut. Also, it's TACO BELL. 😂

I have spread the gospel of cookie butter throughout the land!

@boomboomhiller.bsky.social I just finished your book this weekend I adored it! Hilarious and heartwarming, just like Somebody Somewhere. Thank you for sharing your story of hard work that finally paid off! May your success continue because honestly, I'd love to read another memoir from you!

I know this is very Gen X (or does this promote me up to Boomer?) of me, but why do I have to download an app to track a package? Just give me a dang link to click inside this confirmation email, jeez.

Oh my word, I love this analogy! I am now officially referring to myself as a "tier of the hospital gowner". 😂

At it again. Join us and let’s stay on this winning roll! @tovoters.bsky.social

Self: Ashley, why are my pants always so tight, ugh?!? Self: Ashley, you just measured cheese for a recipe "with your heart"

Perfectly said.

Every time I watch The Diplomat, I see how bonkers and stressful and tense everything is and that's with experienced professionals who take things seriously! Can't imagine those same scenarios with this current administration. Gotta be a point person in every country for burgers and golden gifts.

Was just thinking the same thing this morning! Infuriating.

Proud of the Triangle! www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...

Ready for tomorrow!

This is so wonderful. I love to read stuff like this because I get so negative sometimes and feel like everyone is just so terrible. Good reminder, look for the helpers! blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/l...

Are we starting a betting pool on the number of wars "solved" yet? I swear next year it'll be, I solved WWII and billions and billions of other wars too.

I love this story and the fact that it's just so dang delightful! When's the last time you read a news story, laughed a little, sighed, and then thought, well that is just delightful. It's been a while for me!

Movie and TV writers, if someone is running away from someone or something through the woods, for the love of God, let them run into a tree for once! There's no way I could bob and weave like that and not smack facefirst into something on my way, especially if I was scared!

Ok, good cry of the day...shoot stories like this straight into my veins, man! Also, this is my alma mater, so woohoo, Go Pack! www.heraldsun.com/article31227...

I am very late to the party, but holy shitballs! No wonder Andrea Gibson is so loved and missed. Wow.

I need reports on reactions from people from other countries at the UN speech, what in the ding dang world?! I need a foreign version of what in the ding dang world?! Like, that's our leader, help us! Yikes, we know! Can you affirm, please?

Every time I go to post something or post a reply, this guy pops into my head, like Ashley, nobody needs to know that, nobody cares. Most of the time I listen but eh, sometimes I can't help myself!

I’m sorry but no one bites their tongue or lip until it bleeds, writers, unless maybe accidentally. Has anyone ever tried to do that? It hurts!