Natalie Ash (she/her)

Natalie Ash (she/her)

@thenatalieash.bsky.social

Fuck you, make me. she/her, audhd, trans, gay, polyam and available. tabletop rpg writer and all-around awesome person. 😏

1,504 Followers 1,778 Following 1,233 Posts Joined Aug 2024
4 hours ago
Child hands with partially colored in booklet and map

Whenever we go to the cafe on the weekend, my 8 year old excitedly grabs colored pencils and Skyrealms by @thelostbaystudio.com & @evlynmoreau.bsky.social for us to color in together. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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Epistemic Injustice: The Great Gaslighting of Autistic Lives Epistemic injustice is the assumption that people, usually those with less power, are unable to correctly understand their own lives. It takes a tragic toll on autistic lives.

The problem with too many autism professionals:

"Epistemic injustice sounds abstract, but for many in the autistic community, this is the story of being told, over and over, 'We know you better than you know yourself.'” TY, @ludmilapraslovaphd.bsky.social:

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...

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14 hours ago

yeah, that constant negotiating with yourself how much is *enough to skate by on*

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14 hours ago

Prepping for a gaming session is so similar to writing an outline for a paper 😭

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1 day ago
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ok this game is actually pretty interesting

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1 day ago

This may upset you but if you cancel your subscription all you will do is hurt a news organization that is evil in a time when they’re struggling more than ever

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1 day ago
The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.

“The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada”: good job to Canadian journalism here, and to the Montreal gym owner who acted swiftly. But this is a reminder that Canada (and most European countries) are, like, less than 10 years away from a Trump-like debacle if we’re not vigilant.

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1 day ago

If you are trans or queer or believe in liberal ideology like access to healthcare and education and not having jackbooted thugs breaking into your home to disappear you, you might want to think about when the right time will be to grab your go-bag.

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1 day ago

I am, again, wondering when the states with Democratic majorities are going to do the big things they need to do. Corrupt legislatures, corrupt judiciary, and an executive that is LITERALLY on the take. Meanwhile, EVERYBODY is getting fucked. But this is business as usual... I guess 🤷‍♀️

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1 day ago

Horrific news. The defendants — including two trans women — are political prisoners persecuted for opposing the atrocities of a fascist regime.

But the Haymarket trial didn't kill anarchism or unions. Rigged, corrupt courts are an old weapon in the hands of tyrants. People always fight on anyway.

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This week I've been working on putting together all the print and cut foe cards for HEDGE ahead of the full digital game release. Soooo, HEDGE has 168 unique fey abominations to fight. Ask me how I know the exact number. 🤭

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1 day ago

Huh. So it's unclear who's funding this campaign to pay influencers to attack Kat Abughazaleh.

But the guy coordinating also has a company called Advocators AI, which just won an award for work for…Daniel Biss — her opponent.

One of the campaigns the company boasts about promotes trips to Israel.

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1 day ago

One of the Bitter Truths that people are going to need to swallow for this hobby to break free from the chrysalis; and, unlike MCDM, the vast majority of the Kickstarter Mercenary Industrial Complex will /not/ survive this transition. They don't know how.

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1 day ago

Yeah but you're not gonna like it. :D

Speaking only for myself, I view being a 3rd party 5E developer as spending your time and money supporting someone else's product and brand. Someone who is, at best, not supporting you.

That is enormously risky. You have no power in that relationship.

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1 day ago

Remember that the Kickstarter for the Ruin anthology is still ongoing! 20 new, punchy, extra-distilled Trophy incursions, perfect for running as one-shots with your friends or at conventions. As Amanda says, get in on it now or you'll be sad later!

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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

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2 days ago

"Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury

The Prairieland case is a major test of the Trump administration’s push to label “antifa” protesters as terrorists."

All eyes on Prairieland 👀
Read: theintercept.com/2026/03/12/a...

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WE’LL BE LESS ACTIVIST IF YOU BE LESS SHIT

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1 day ago

Married At First Sight UK Season 9 might be the most toxic-dense group of individuals on any MAFS season anywhere in the world.
I never liked the phrase, "girl code", but now I completely loathe it.

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Trump Administration Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans Under a new rule, the State Department will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally.

ICE agents have now been given the authority to detain trans people and deport permanent residents, international students, H-1B workers, and tourists over their gender markers.

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3 days ago

Speaking of absolute grifting, this D&D in a Castle DM University UK Edition is *INSANE*

dndinacastle.com/products/dmu...

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3 days ago

I just… this headline. This is why "Black Lives Matter" was so loudly countered with "Blue Lives Matter".

ACAB. The mental health of an officer INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING/CHASE was more important to them.

"…an officer having a 'mild anxiety attack' took the first ambulance that arrived at the scene"

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3 days ago

The lawyer who fought to keep people in the concentration camps, the Nazi tattoo guy, the asshole who was with Trump till he got booted, all the little fascists the Dems better fucking not welcome into the party. They can vote Dem, they can protest on the front lines, they don't get to hold office.

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5 days ago

ECCC was fun and I had a wonderful time.

But there was a storm cloud. When I complained about Trump with my white straight cis friends, we were all sincere and concerned.

But I talked with many Trans friends, and it’s so much worse. They are in fear for their lives.

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3 days ago

I’ve had this convo with people who understand… and those who give me blank looks.

Your national conference, if held in certain US states, is now a regional conference. Adjust accordingly.
And forget international conferences in the US. Those aren’t safe for too many.

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U.S. court allows state bans on gender-affirming care for adults in unprecedented ruling While bans on trans youth’s care have been numerous in recent years, this is the first to restrict care for transgender adults.

NEWS: It was never about the children.

Transgender adults now face care restrictions after the ruling of the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia.

www.advocate.com/news/court-b...

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4 days ago

cis friends i want you to really understand this horror

imagine if in half of US states if you were in an accident/got sick and had to go to the hospital

the medical professionals there would FORCE THE WRONG HORMONE INTO YOUR BODY, making it change in ways antithetical to who you are

IMAGINE IT

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5 days ago

Bullying works and lmao waffles, but also boy howdy, we better start collectively preparing to abandon this place for someplace else soon bc a vulture capitalist is going to make it a living hell

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6 days ago
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I am shocked to learn this is actually underestimating costs, because it ignores the infrastructure costs.

This video is lowballing it.

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5 days ago

I cannot imagine the people within hasbro and Wotc this shit is hurting and Chris Cocks doesn't give a fuck because money. The only way to combat this is with your wallets. Stop buying Hasbro shit. Stop playing monopoly go. Stop softly supporting transphobia.

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