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Ashley Jester

@ajester.bsky.social
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Probably more of a fox than a hedgehog ∯ Not that kind of doctor Coal miner's daughter ∯ Political scientist ∯ Data maven ∯ Librarian Information asymmetry ruins the world ∯ 🦔 = hugs

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 13h
Need a senior engineer in #Aotearoa New Zealand - but not enough to justify sending someone over? I’m available for short engineering assignments. I’m good at practical eng., unusual environs, prototypes, mfg & troubleshooting. Need a trusted pair of technical eyes & ears? Contact me!
Woman in a gold jacket and a drill in her hand.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16h
treating voting like a privilege that can be lost instead of a right and duty of all citizens casts a bad light on the whole system
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16h
Can't say it enough: it's NOT MY JOB to prove to bigots I don't deserve their bigotry. Fuck those guys. Fuck those impotent idiots and their desperate, babybrain need to feel superior. They're fools and weaklings, and idiot tools for the worst people on Earth, PERPETUALLY. Fuck 'em.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16h
To expand on this: Bigotry isn't a result of an innocent misunderstanding, or not having all the facts. It's not a choice made rationally, defeated with a rational argument. Bigotry is a self-protective, foundational belief used to help make the world make sense to them. Debate won't change that.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 14h
The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I'm Filing for His Disbarment Today. cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-chief-... #cdnpoli
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The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I'm Filing for His Disbarment Today.
And you can too.
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Kala 🦕 @kalasaurus.bsky.social · 19h
The Atlantic would rather write a sob story that centers the grief of a rural white conservative man over the immigrant community he helped spread racist lies about. Fact checking him risks not being able to write their 500th article interviewing racist Trump voters in Bumfuck Nowhere, America.
Jack Buhring: Donald Trump we all stand with you. You have more people on your side than you know. If you can't get it done its hard to tell where this country will end up. Keep fighting!!!Jack Buhring: Well here's some truth to the Springfield Ohio thing Trump was talking about.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 22h
Just to be clear, this isn't much different from what he wrote in Dobbs. To which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan aptly responded: "This is to ignore as judges what we know as men and women. The interests women have in Roe and Casey are perfectly, viscerally concrete." [2]
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the samsara enjoyer @rubot.ie · 14h
hearing reports so-called pollution haters breathed polluted air this week.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ACAB has still not failed me as a sorting rule
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An Ithaca police story. Many years ago, pre cell phones, a young woman riding a bike on a narrow, steep, windy street near my house was clipped by an impatient driver going same direction. (Riding on sidewalks is illegal here.) I heard the accident and went to check if everyone was OK.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Bob Dobalina's brother @owlofthenorth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump voters are a nightmare and dumbfucks, for sure. Hell, they didn't know that dumb ends with a b. However, I always push back at the "don't vote their interests" argument. They absolutely do. Those interests just aren't affordability etc. They are racists or want to be allied with Team Racism.
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Summer 🏳️‍⚧️ @artgirlsummer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Trump voters voted for $7 diesel and $15 beef. You're smarter than that. Vote Democrat."
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 04/10/2026
Attn NYC: Ricky's is apparently coming back 😭
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
LOL. Rufo is a fascist whose entire career strategy is racism. The fact that these folks believe anything about the current GOP is colorblind is an indictment of their ability to think, their honesty, their grasp of reality. It‘s also revealing of their political sympathies.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He systematically targeted Black scholars, offering bounties for evidence of plagiarism. He's make the accusation, regardless of the evidence. In one esp bad case, I wrote a rebuttal and Rufo personally went after every faculty member who (rightly) disagreed. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/open-seaso...
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/10/2026
"Here we are, back in this terrible place, just forty-one years after Brett Kavanaugh became a Delta Kappa Epsilon Deke, and eight years after his confirmation to the Supreme Court. How did we get here?" buff.ly/K3eqEvg
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How Could Such a Thing Still Happen in a Country with a Frat Boy Supreme Court Justice?
“I’m just thinking out loud here, but maybe a political party that has dedicated the last forty years to taking away women’s rights could also give some thou...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They should focus group how Ken Paxton's ex-wife's ad does with all of Ken Paxton's girlfriends.
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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
believe in yourself, dumbass
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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
People who don't know what archival description is are more confident than anyone else that they can automate it
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’ve never seen a meme that embodies my very essence before.
YOU TRIGGERED MY FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE
AND PM A FLIGHTLESS BIRD!
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,
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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As a survivor of sexual violence, this shit is triggering as fuck. As a professor who has witnessed, reported and watched how the university protects predators, I’m just done. But when you have a predator in chief, what can you expect. Fuck all this. Honestly. Too much.
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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'll never understand how "a lot of mostly/potentially/probably incorrect metadata is better for digital discovery than accurate but sparse metadata" became a popular idea than "we will put things online more slowly, but we will do it with accuracy"
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RevDJEsq @revdjesq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just put the fact IN the question: "The day you were elected, gas was $2.97 a gallon. Today, after your tariffs and losing the Strait of Hormuz in the Iran War, it is $4.31 a gallon. Are you worried Republicans will lose because you increased prices?"
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is why all Brazilians should vote for Lula da Silva! Lula: "The UN can't stay silent watching what's happening in the world. Trump invades Iran and food prices spike in Brazil, gas prices rise elsewhere. It's the poor who pays for the recklessness of wars that nobody wants!"
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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It was once a prominent computer processor
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
Bear saying girl open up there's a man in the forest
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
imagine telling the pope “you’re not even an AI influencer” like that’s a sick burn
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Newest Super Group,,, FLAVOR DAVES,!! #DaveMatthews #DaveGrohl #FooFighters
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
it has pretty much always been the case that these people only give a damn about ‘meritocracy’ to the extent that the abstract idea of meritocracy can be effectively used as a tool for legitimizing racial inequality
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 03/10/2026
I think people are amazing
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And THAT is why you don’t fuck with Old Gods Princess Beatrice
According to MSN: One owl forgot its table manners and gave Princess Beatrice’s friend Alice Naylor-Leyland a fright as it took flight while perched on her hand. In this amazing action shot, the owl attacks the posh scene. The thin blond woman is screaming. Hair is going everywhere.  Her dress might go off. The table looks incredible, very tasteful fall decor, 10/10 for style and color scheme.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What do you MEAN no one at @aacu.org @science.org @aaas.org @cornelluniversity.bsky.social or American Association of Arts and Sciences said “we need to pump the breaks on this in light of current events. It wasn’t the plan, but Cornell cannot be ‘an instant classic’ of public trust right now…”
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/10/2026
Jesus Christ, Francine, I told you to replace these drapes with something nice - but you never listen to me, do you? You’re just pretending not to see me with those beady little eyes, aren’t you, Francine?
Lion and weird little dog
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've been a "difficult woman" my whole life I have zero regrets
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
Do not under any circumstances hire this man
Waingro from Heat
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If not us, then who? If not now, then when? Says Skeletor getting real tired of the bystander syndrome. Get off your asses and help each other.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
4. According to new reporting last night by MS Now, the text messages from 2024 from Smith's team that Eric Schmitt presented at Tuesday's hearing were provided by the US Department of Justice, which is to say, by US Attorney General Todd Blanche. www.ms.now/news/eric-sc...
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Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts. He used them anyway.
As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to figure out how Eric Schmitt’s bombshell fell apart so embarrassingly, it turns out he was warned that the texts were unvetted.
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Katie Porter standing over the body of a guy dying of a heart attack: "look, a bypass is only a one-time solution. We need to talk about diet, exercise, and long-term solutions to the underlying problem"
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh wow, you're saying the HOOVER INSTITUTE is saying it's bad to do a wealth tax? I am HEARING THIS for the first time.
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Rebecca / The Practical Kitchen @ryeisenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m not going to share the video because I don’t share her face on social media but my 1.5 year old keeps opening my cookbook and going “WOW WOW WOW” while looking at the photos and honestly it feels even better than being a NYT bestseller.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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