Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
Political scientist ∯ Data maven ∯ Librarian ∯ Probably more of a fox than a hedgehog ∯ Not that kind of doctor ∯ Information asymmetry ruins the world ∯ 🦔 = hugs
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
· Oct 11
It’s not autonomous if you need a human to keep it from fucking up
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Good to have confirmation on my gut feeling about that platform. It‘s uniquely cruel, triggering and rage baity.
I get that many creators depend on it because it has been their main historically, but I encourage you to migrate to literally anywhere else within your possibilities.
I get that many creators depend on it because it has been their main historically, but I encourage you to migrate to literally anywhere else within your possibilities.
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Good to have confirmation on my gut feeling about that platform. It‘s uniquely cruel, triggering and rage baity.
I get that many creators depend on it because it has been their main historically, but I encourage you to migrate to literally anywhere else within your possibilities.
I get that many creators depend on it because it has been their main historically, but I encourage you to migrate to literally anywhere else within your possibilities.
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Regurgitating obvious bullshit isn’t journalism, Reuters, its propaganda
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Regurgitating obvious bullshit isn’t journalism, Reuters, its propaganda
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Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest
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Just let Grim die, The New Yorker
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Just let Grim die, The New Yorker
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We too lost our minds at this giraffe
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We too lost our minds at this giraffe
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Something that put a smile on my face and I hope it does yours too
I don't agree with all of Mamdani's policies now that I've looked into them more (tho I do with most), but centering *everyone* matters and "that we have a responsibility to help each other", that's a soapbox I stand on *constantly*
I don't agree with all of Mamdani's policies now that I've looked into them more (tho I do with most), but centering *everyone* matters and "that we have a responsibility to help each other", that's a soapbox I stand on *constantly*
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Something that put a smile on my face and I hope it does yours too
I don't agree with all of Mamdani's policies now that I've looked into them more (tho I do with most), but centering *everyone* matters and "that we have a responsibility to help each other", that's a soapbox I stand on *constantly*
I don't agree with all of Mamdani's policies now that I've looked into them more (tho I do with most), but centering *everyone* matters and "that we have a responsibility to help each other", that's a soapbox I stand on *constantly*
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wish it didn’t feel so unusual and inspiring to see a leader treating everyone like they matter and saying that we have a responsibility to help each other
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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They’re not real Mormon Funeral Potatoes unless they’re made by a Mormon. Otherwise they’re sparkling potato casserole
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They’re not real Mormon Funeral Potatoes unless they’re made by a Mormon. Otherwise they’re sparkling potato casserole
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Exactly one year ago today, Syrian rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham began an offensive against the Assad regime named “Operation Deterrence of Aggression”.
Less than 2 weeks later, 5 decades of Ba’athist fascism was over.
Less than 2 weeks later, 5 decades of Ba’athist fascism was over.
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Exactly one year ago today, Syrian rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham began an offensive against the Assad regime named “Operation Deterrence of Aggression”.
Less than 2 weeks later, 5 decades of Ba’athist fascism was over.
Less than 2 weeks later, 5 decades of Ba’athist fascism was over.
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Thanksgiving a few years ago, when my diabolical plan came together
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thanksgiving a few years ago, when my diabolical plan came together
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
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I just saw the google gemini ad about how you can use it to trick your kid into thinking their lost stuffed animal is just on vacation and I will join any anti-AI cult that happens to arise at this point
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I just saw the google gemini ad about how you can use it to trick your kid into thinking their lost stuffed animal is just on vacation and I will join any anti-AI cult that happens to arise at this point
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That’s simply true. By ceremonial attainment and returns — a GED holder has fewer and poorer professional opportunities than someone with a diploma, some college, an associates, a bachelors etc.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
That’s simply true. By ceremonial attainment and returns — a GED holder has fewer and poorer professional opportunities than someone with a diploma, some college, an associates, a bachelors etc.
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“Dinner, man. Dinner. Stuffing and all that type of shit.” -DMX
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“Dinner, man. Dinner. Stuffing and all that type of shit.” -DMX
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sooo honest q, not rhetorical — how much can we really believe anything the federal government says about the shooting, including (and especially) DOJ, FBI, DHS, etc? like, how are folks in journalism thinking about it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
sooo honest q, not rhetorical — how much can we really believe anything the federal government says about the shooting, including (and especially) DOJ, FBI, DHS, etc? like, how are folks in journalism thinking about it?
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I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Texas man sentenced to 50 years for stealing $1.2 million worth of fajitas
Gilberto Escamilla had stolen more than $1.2 million worth of fajitas over the course of approximately nine years.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I remember seeing a story years ago where a prison cook was caught having stolen $1.2 million of fajitas over 9 years.
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
One week he took off sick, someone else answered the order call and was like "what are you talking about? We don't serve fajitas."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
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idk what happened now but yes
anyway. conde naste should fire Nuzzi, fire the hack editor at vanity fair, reverse its gutting of teen vogue, and apologize to all of us for this nonsense.
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
idk what happened now but yes
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maybe suzanne collins did rip “battle royale” off, but is quentin really the best messenger for not ripping off obscure asian movies? 🏙️🔥 www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
Quentin Tarantino Slams ‘Hunger Games’ as ‘Battle Royale’ Ripoff: “Sue Suzanne Collins For Ever F—king Thing She Owns” — World of Reel
“Hunger Games” author Suzanne Collins has long denied any direct connection to the Japanese film — a claim that grows harder to buy each time the similarities are stacked side by side.
www.worldofreel.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
maybe suzanne collins did rip “battle royale” off, but is quentin really the best messenger for not ripping off obscure asian movies? 🏙️🔥 www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/11...
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Yeah to bring the end of times where all Jews go to hell, and Mike Johnson is being raptured (or so he thinks).
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yeah to bring the end of times where all Jews go to hell, and Mike Johnson is being raptured (or so he thinks).
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In an Extreme Philadelphia Accent: in this [midatlantic] house we eat garlic and hate the Confederacy and we never run out of either thing.
I don’t like being referred to as a Yankee but I’ve realized this is not at all because I’m Southern, but because I specifically resent being associated with traditional New England Protestant culture and its flavorless foods
All people from the U.S. are Yankees. I say this as a person born and raised in The South because pissing off That Specific Kind of Southerner is a moral good.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In an Extreme Philadelphia Accent: in this [midatlantic] house we eat garlic and hate the Confederacy and we never run out of either thing.