ashley

this guy

why does sam altman always look like that one monster factory character

More than a thousand - I guarantee there are tens or hundreds of thousands with musical talent similar to Mozart. They're just not patrons of the goddamn King of Prussia

I will never understand what drives dudes to offer advice unprompted like that. And it's only ever happened since I transitioned

Hair to hair, sisters.

cis men don't mansplain electronic music to me challenge (level: INSANE)

Hekki Grace, all.

ouch this used to be me

if anyone wants to buy me the Dungeon Meshi box set, I'm willing to give sloppy toppy

trans women are too good to be allowed to compete in any field, especially the field of “not being underemployed”

My friends are doing one soon!
www.operaqto.com/la-maupin

Underrated big shift in the influencer era in terms of who has cultural capital: away from performers, writers, artists, musicians etc and to people who are really good at running a small business and doing SEO/social media.

Pretty polar opposite political valences in those skillsets.

Cycle Toronto wins Charter challenge, saving bike lanes on Yonge, University, and Bloor

the beautiful bike lanes on university are safe!! www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...

I used to work near that intersection and I honestly forgot there were Timmies there at all lol

please read my insanely embarrassing piece in the NYT "It's Bad—Why I Revised My Thoughts Regarding Poo Poo" that I was paid $90000 to write

I know y'all are sleeping on Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) starring Michelle Yeoh

supermin

I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.

as we enter into a new era of internet censorship, it is your solemn duty to break the egg prime directive. do it constantly. tell everyone. tell them again. tell them about estrogen and about T.

I made it to my mid-teens before I even knew what transition was. let’s not go back to that.

there is no shot a burrito from a restaurant is less expensive than the ingredients to make a burrito. you can buy the ingredients for the burrito and then make like 6 burritos with the ingredients you just bought. you don't have to eat them all at once. that's 6 meals.

dolls to the left of me, grunglers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you

enjoyer enjoyers rise up

Many thanks to @katie.bzky.team whose thread on the topic made me want to dig deeper

KPop Demon Hunters is Okay, I Guess — Ashley Seward, Composer The first time I heard about KPop Demon Hunters, it was from my best friend who gave the film glowing praise. The second time I heard about it, it was from a Bluesky thread panning its poor writing....

Here it is: please enjoy 2500 words about a kids' movie
www.ashsewardmusic.com/screaming-in...

bitches will ask "should I write 1800 words today about songs in a movie I don't like?" and not wait for an answer

ultimately the movie is... fine. Has some good parts, some bad parts. The songs are by far the best part but that causes its own issues

I feel weird writing about semi-current things bc I live in a cave and play hardcore shooters all day and only hear about new movies from my friends

hoping my ability to transcribe melodies by ear will put me ahead of the curve on this one

writing an essay about that animated kpop musical stay tuned

I got really sick last year because my GP suddenly left their clinic and nobody could replace them before I moved cities. I had no estrogen for over 8 months because I foolishly relied on professional medicine instead of just looking for DIY