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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

A still from the original Thomas & Friends tv series, with stop-motion model trains and faces; Thomas is very grumpy; the text says “Thomas had never seen such bullshit before”.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We make our interns do the hard stuff 😉

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

And just like that we have “The Data Management Workbook” by @kbriney.bsky.social on the shelf at the MBLWHOI Library (McLean branch) 🥰

A hand holds a copy of “The Data Management Workbook” by Kristin Briney in front of some library stacks where materials are shelved.

A hand places a copy of “The Data Management Workbook” by Kristin Briney on the shelf in the library with other materials.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

“And get this, he actually thought, ‘But not my face.’ Dude.”

Two leopards; one leopard has its paw on the shoulder of the other leopard giving the appearance that it is speaking into the ear of the other leopard.

A version of the leopards eating faces meme.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There are consequences when you fall & break your arm

A forearm is shown, with a bright yellow “FALL RISK” bracelet on the wrist. The person is light-skinned and wearing a long sleeve dress, some of which is visible as a sleeve and part of the lap. The dress is made of linen with pale blue and white thin stripes. The back of the hand and wrist are the focal area.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Motherfucker – it’s Die Hard 2

Screenshot of the July 1990 box office from https://www.boxofficemojo.com/month/july/1990/; Die Hard 2 is ranked #1.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

This has been bouncing around in my head for a few years now Tonight I finally put it into form

Raising the Point of the Spear
A Mother’s Prayer

Sometimes the responsibility is overwhelming

My son is the point of the spear
He is fearless
He is fierce
His defenses of those he loves are something to fear

But he is gentle
And he is kind
And he is loving and he loves

But he is the point of the spear
And someday that spear will become a man

And that point will be wielded in a powerful way
I am certain of that

And so I must be careful to make sure that the point is pointing in the right direction

In defense of the weak
In defense of the frightened
In defense of those who cannot defend themselves

And I must be ever vigilant against the forces that wish to turn this point against the people

Those who would seize this point of the spear and wield it for evil

Who would use it to hurt the weak
Who would use it to terrify the frightened
Who would use it to break anyone who dared to stand against them

And so I must be careful
I am raising the point of the spear
And I must make sure it is pointed for good, not for evil
And I must make sure that he understands this power
And this gift
And this curse
And that he learns to wield it with the courage that so many lack

He is the point of the spear
May it ever be pointed in the direction of justice
And wielded with mercy and love

Amen

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Romeo from PJ Masks. He is a super villain who wears a long lab coat over what appear to be denim pants and simple shoes. He wears long protective gloves that go past his elbows. He wears protective goggles. Despite appearing to be a child like the PJ Masks, he has a noticeable broad white streak in his hair. His face is a slight smirk.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.

An alligator wearing a hat walking into weeds.

Text says “Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.”.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

www.pigeonpresents.com/books/i-real...

The cover of “I Really Like Slop!” by Mo Willems. It shows Piggie cradling a bowl of slop around which several flies hover while Gerald (Elephant) looks disgusted in the background.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We did a full week on Prince Edward Island (near St. Margarets) and it’s the only place besides Cayucos where I felt that I should really just move there

A picture of a shallow ocean beach, taken from the sandbar and looking back to the shore; the sand in the ocean in the foreground appears pink but the sand visible on the beach appears more white; there are sandy cliffs that give way to red sandstone cliffs; the sky is mostly clear blue with a few wispy clouds.

A view down a long sandy beach with the ocean on the left; a very faint rainbow is visible near the tip of the cliffs framing the top of the beach; the rainbow arcs toward the land away from the ocean; the sky is a mix of clearing blue and gray clouds; the photo was taken after a thunderstorm.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

All the cool kids know it’s just Sigsbee Deep

Close up map of the lower US gulf coast and most of Mexico; this is a geological features map with place names from that field; the Gulf of Mexico is Sigsbee Deep.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! Take a breath, thank the ocean 🌊 🌏

R/V Neil Armstrong at dock in Woods Hole, MA; the ocean and a small pier are visible in the foreground and the ocean extends into the distance in the background, eventually merging on the horizon; the sky is gray and overcast and the colors are dulled

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A film that takes place where you're from

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Damn Co-Star you didn’t have to go so hard

A screen cap from the Co-Star astrology app showing my daily takeaway, “Your body is scared.”

Do: best interest, timing, prioritization

Don’t: pedestals, begging, numbness.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thank you @quinnanya.me! They are poignant & perfect 🥺

Six heart-shaped medallions; three are made from green glitter acrylic and three are made from wood; each is embossed “I am indirect costs.”

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.

An alligator wearing a sun hat is walking jauntily into some dense vegetation; the text says “Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.”

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Alt-text for image in quoted post

Screenshot from now defunct Huffington Post .com of story by Kayla Chadwick, Contributor, Video Editor.

The title of the story is "I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people."

The subtitle says "Our disagreement is not merely political but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society."

It was originally published June 26 2017 at 9:57 PM EDT. It was updated June 29, 2017.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I think it will be fun for people to find out what comes from Colombia 🇨🇴

A close-up of the product label for a bag of limes indicating the limes were produced (i.e., grown and harvested) in Colombia.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

we all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you

Tim Russert, on the set of “Meet the Press”

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Enjoy this photo of Cummingtonite

A photo of a mineral exhibit case at the American Museum of Natural History; the mineral Cummingtonite is the subject of the photo

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

How I feel about blaming Democrats playing "identity politics" as the reason they lost the election Everyone has an identity; Trump explicitly used identity politics & drew upon multiple cleavages (racial, gender, religious, culture) as part of his divisive message; what identities aren't allowed?

The goose chasing a person meme

In the first panel, the goose says "What identities?"

In the second panel, the goose says "What identities motherfucker?"

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Yesterday my son brought home this LEGO interest magazine from his school library; when I noted it wasn’t a book he said, “Yeah, not a lot of people check out the magazines” When I told him that we call these periodicals in libraries, he was unimpressed 😒 But look, a circulating periodical!

A picture of the August 2024 issue of “Brick Journal”; the cover art features a landscape of the White Wall from “Game of Thrones” crafted with LEGO bricks

This is a library copy and has been bound in protective plastic that leaves the journal visible. Someone is using their left hand to cover the identifying library information.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #365,725! Definitely not a real elder, but still pretty cool – and divisible by 5!

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

If you see this quote post with a beach from your gallery

Morro Rock in California; the rock is in the left of the frame and is a volcano plug ejection that is craggy and irregularly shaped, more than 500 ft high; there are sand dunes in the rest of the beach area visible; it is sunset and the sun is barely visible on the far horizon over the ocean; a young boy is barely visible standing almost camouflaged in the center of the frame on a small dune

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

I am dying because, being of the age I am, I owned a prized pair of Oakleys and had a ridiculous metal case to store them in (on which I regularly injured myself) and this looks just like it Class of 1998!

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 13/01/2024

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Cast of Ready, Jet, Go! Sean, Sidney, Jet, Mindy, and Sunspot

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Huh; we saw this on our spring break and now I wonder if it was a gopher tortoise; we were staying on the coast in Cape Canveral

Possible gopher tortoise on a brick walking path, surrounded by grass on either side of the path; there is a small section of artificial turf patio in the foreground

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