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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It occurs to me that to many transphobes, the fact that gender-affirming care unequivocally reduces trans children’s suicidality is not, in fact, a recommendation in its favor.
"[G]ender-affirming care saves lives."
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
"Suicidality scores among the [study's] patients who provided responses dropped by over 67 percent."
"[O]f the hundreds of patients who started hormone therapy, only seven discontinued their treatment."
#USA #Healthcare #Suicide
New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids
Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
truthout.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It occurs to me that to many transphobes, the fact that gender-affirming care unequivocally reduces trans children’s suicidality is not, in fact, a recommendation in its favor.
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🎥 ICYMI: The webinar recording, "Delivering Data Services: Providing Data Services and Support: From Surviving to Succeeding," is now available at https://myumi.ch/9pNm1!
Visit icpsr.umich.edu for more News & Events coming your way!
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November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🎥 ICYMI: The webinar recording, "Delivering Data Services: Providing Data Services and Support: From Surviving to Succeeding," is now available at https://myumi.ch/9pNm1!
Visit icpsr.umich.edu for more News & Events coming your way!
Visit icpsr.umich.edu for more News & Events coming your way!
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Why is anyone afraid of this demented elderly weirdo?
If he stood behind you at the checkout ranting like he does online, there’s a nonzero chance you’d deck him.
If he stood behind you at the checkout ranting like he does online, there’s a nonzero chance you’d deck him.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why is anyone afraid of this demented elderly weirdo?
If he stood behind you at the checkout ranting like he does online, there’s a nonzero chance you’d deck him.
If he stood behind you at the checkout ranting like he does online, there’s a nonzero chance you’d deck him.
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
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THE AGE OF CONSENT UNDER THE UCMJ IS 16?!?
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Mother of 15-year-old girl furious no charges filed after daughter had sex with sailor on military base
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who ran away from home and was found on Naval Base San Diego with a sailor, who had sex with her, is furious no charges were filed.
www.10news.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
THE AGE OF CONSENT UNDER THE UCMJ IS 16?!?
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
This explains a lot
THE AGE OF CONSENT UNDER THE UCMJ IS 16?!?
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Mother of 15-year-old girl furious no charges filed after daughter had sex with sailor on military base
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who ran away from home and was found on Naval Base San Diego with a sailor, who had sex with her, is furious no charges were filed.
www.10news.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This explains a lot
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Bluesky doesn’t have a central algorithm that’s forced on everybody, and allows users to create their own feeds.
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups
english.elpais.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bluesky doesn’t have a central algorithm that’s forced on everybody, and allows users to create their own feeds.
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
I think that is the *only* ethical model for social media going forward:
english.elpais.com/technology/2...
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At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”!
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
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I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I think often of the time a bunch of murder victims’ families showed Trump treasured photos of their loved ones and he signed them
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I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
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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.