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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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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I said it yesterday, but that sound clip of people screaming in the streets trying to protect each other should follow every single congressional dem wherever they go forever
If this reporting is correct—and Pablo is usually on the mark—Senate Dems are engaging in what amounts to complicity with the ICE campaign of domestic terror:
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I said it yesterday, but that sound clip of people screaming in the streets trying to protect each other should follow every single congressional dem wherever they go forever
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Locutus safety tip: To prevent identity theft, avoid having your own identity.
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Locutus safety tip: To prevent identity theft, avoid having your own identity.
Well see that's the thing
He doesn't have a soul
He doesn't have a soul
Because he could win. And he has the balls to tear down a triumphant arch and a ballroom . And yes, anything or anyone with a soul is better than the fucking ghouls who are in right now. Be pragmatic.
January 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Well see that's the thing
He doesn't have a soul
He doesn't have a soul
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I'm sorry I'm not paying more attention to your house being on fire but it so happens my house is also currently on fire
I very much support the people of Iran in their fight against their vile government, but unfortunately, humans only have so much bandwidth
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I'm sorry I'm not paying more attention to your house being on fire but it so happens my house is also currently on fire
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Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
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Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...
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SCAM ALERT – IMPORTANT
The cat has already been fed.
The cat has already been fed.
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
SCAM ALERT – IMPORTANT
The cat has already been fed.
The cat has already been fed.
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I have a colleague telling me he and his neighbors have had to form volunteer patrol squads to protect children as they go to and from school with zero assistance from anyone in authority?
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
January 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I have a colleague telling me he and his neighbors have had to form volunteer patrol squads to protect children as they go to and from school with zero assistance from anyone in authority?
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
Surely there's options between all out war with the federal government and "play nice out there!"
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crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
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80 co-sponsors on resolution impeaching Noem on three articles: obstruction of Congress, 'violation of public trust' (ICE crimes), and self-dealing corruption.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
80 co-sponsors on resolution impeaching Noem on three articles: obstruction of Congress, 'violation of public trust' (ICE crimes), and self-dealing corruption.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
January 16, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.
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Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.
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we are where we are because elites either bought Trump’s nonsense or thought they could ride the dementia-addled tiger, and right now it is more likely everyday folks are going to take the lead in getting us out of it
"Privately, several executives concede they have little appetite for kowtowing to Trump. But advisers say a pragmatic playbook has emerged: show up, make a promise grand enough to flatter the president, and then do as little as possible until his attention shifts elsewhere."
‘Maga has gone Maoist’: corporate America reels as Trump turns interventionist
President’s freewheeling policy proclamations send shockwaves through companies and financial markets
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
we are where we are because elites either bought Trump’s nonsense or thought they could ride the dementia-addled tiger, and right now it is more likely everyday folks are going to take the lead in getting us out of it
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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I am not saying that ICE should target these places, but rather underscoring the political nature of these operations—they are about terrorizing places that Trump and company view as hostile to them and their fascist worldviews.
January 16, 2026 at 7:34 AM
I am not saying that ICE should target these places, but rather underscoring the political nature of these operations—they are about terrorizing places that Trump and company view as hostile to them and their fascist worldviews.
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Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
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I understand the impulse to avoid adding accelerant to their insurrection act plans, but at some point don't you have to leverage state authority to, you know, actually protect the public you serve from roving bands of racist psychopaths?
January 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I understand the impulse to avoid adding accelerant to their insurrection act plans, but at some point don't you have to leverage state authority to, you know, actually protect the public you serve from roving bands of racist psychopaths?
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like, I'm not sure "take the peaceful high road!" and "just hang in there while assholes gas your neighbors' toddlers!" is tenable as any sort of long term strategy? At some point there needs to be actual, physical protection of the public?
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
like, I'm not sure "take the peaceful high road!" and "just hang in there while assholes gas your neighbors' toddlers!" is tenable as any sort of long term strategy? At some point there needs to be actual, physical protection of the public?
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You're telling me a woman was forced to give up her trophy to a biological male
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
You're telling me a woman was forced to give up her trophy to a biological male
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My man got a profile like Wisconsin
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 AM
My man got a profile like Wisconsin
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News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator
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I'll just be over here with a coloring book and crayons for a while.
January 15, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I'll just be over here with a coloring book and crayons for a while.
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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.