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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Again wishing I could be sedated until Election Day
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Ashley Jester@ajester.bsky.social |
284 followers 329 following 286 posts
Political scientist ∯ Data maven ∯ Librarian ∯ Probably more of a fox than a hedgehog ∯ Not that kind of doctor ∯ Information asymmetry ruins the world
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Again wishing I could be sedated until Election Day
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Claire Willett
@clairewillett.bsky.social
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what pisses me off about this is that so many trans women began life being raised & treated as little boys who demonstrated “feminine”-coded behavior that got them abused, harassed and victimized by the EXACT same shitbag cis boys who mistreated little girls WE ON THE SAME SIDE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!
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Michael Paulauski
@mike10010100.bsky.social
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I want people to internalize just how bad it was before the ACA. You might claim that the ACA was "worse than nothing", but those who went through hell before know just how much better off we are now.
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Sage 🏳️⚧️
@trans.bsky.social
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reposting with alt text
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Philip Bump
@pbump.com
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Reading a story about the election that casually referred to "Biden's slide in the polls" and it just remains remarkable to me that narrative reporters can just drop stuff like that into copy and never think twice about whether it has any basis in fact.
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Agreed on all of this What we know historically is that incumbency is a huge advantage; we also know that dogged negativity eventually catches up & acts as a drag How did they get Dems to do this to themselves? Mind boggling to watch social choice failure in real-time
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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My inability to focus has returned, driven by a growing sense of dread How can anyone think this slow drip of infighting helps?
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Nails Nathan
@chadstanton.bsky.social
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““Please help us, they’re not doing anything for us,” Trancita Ponce, a Chowchilla resident, said in a statement shared by the CCWP. “There is hot air blowing inside of our rooms, I have a huge migraine and I feel sick and other girls are throwing up.””
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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"What the report finds is that Biden held on to 94% of the people who said they would support him before the debate. For Trump, 86% of people who said they would support him before the debate said they would do so after the debate."
news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/09/b...
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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan
@elizabethbitmeehan.com
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media is a business interest group just like other business interest groups pass it on
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Realizing how weird it is that I know stuff about this but it's only because my father's family has been managing the cemetery association at their local church for generations Graves don't look like the movies but how would one know? Folks really hate the settling but the coffin didn't collapse
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ApocalypticaNow
@apocalypticanow.bsky.social
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Leslie Moonves in 2016
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...
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Matt the Buff Joker (Middle Aged)
@undefeatedmatt.wifeguy.online
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Wikipedia provides transparency. You can see what was removed and why. ChatGPT is a black box with the most racist idiot you’ve ever met inside of it
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Chuck Wendig
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
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god, fuck this guy
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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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They should never have given Democrats a party JFC people, pull your shit together & stop leaking nonstop ticket change stories to the press; you are only hurting yourself, which, to be fair, is the only thing you've ever been good at it How the fuck are the fascists outplaying you? You fucks
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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Project 2025 will ban sunday sportsball and beer is a message with really serious legs, there is a whole genre of Americans who will put up with basically anything except no football sunday
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Comfortably Numb
@numb.comfortab.ly
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Finally got to see this. Watch it if you haven't yet.
And vote. If you don't want to vote for Biden - vote against Trump then. Because if you don't - we're all fucked. And yes, that includes you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYwq...
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L O L G O P
@lolgop.bsky.social
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I'm a single-issue voter. My single issue is that I'd like to continue voting.
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Anna O Law
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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Because I've spent 21+ years studying US immigration policy and law, I have no doubt DHS would abuse it's power and be the federal agency that does the most harm to the most people. This agency is awash in resources & capacity to surveil immigrants AND citizens. See for details: shorturl.at/XfQZp
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Megan Fox
@glassbottommeg.bsky.social
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HAH. You know all that Return To Office Is Really Happening news that monied interests keep trying to shove out?
No. No, not at all. Office vacancies are at an all-time high. www.axios.com/2024/07/09/o...
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Must have a hardware token option; phones don’t always get texts in remote spots
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Costa Samaras
@costasamaras.bsky.social
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They want to take away overtime pay “How many hours did you work this week?” “60” “Well well well looks like we only need you for 20 hours next week, so no OT, sorry about that”
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
@neillewisjr.bsky.social
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This meme is relevant again.
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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This is a layup! No more NFL. Not only would you have angry normies but you're gonna piss off the billionaire owners? Highlight this shit! Make an ad!
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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Communications tip: don't say "Project 2025" say "Trump's Project 2025." He's trying to run away from it, tie it to his neck like an anchor by making the words "Project 2025" naturally follow the word "Trump" in people's heads.
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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As a Western PA expat, only order salad with fries west of Johnstown; it’s a Pittsburgh thing, don’t let any Philly joint fool you
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The Fig Economy
@figgityfigs.bsky.social
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Hot take I’ve only like 30% thought through: I think it’s probably smarter for Biden to not jump through the arbitrary hoops demanded by people who presumptively want him gone. Fine line between addressing concerns and being led by the nose in bad faith.
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Fat Brain makes great toys!
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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This is one of the few things BU got right while I was there; everyone who traveled got a travel card & it made handling expenses so much easier for all of us (speaking as both employee and manager/admin)
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Holly Brewer
@earlymodjustice.bsky.social
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Seven times between 1801 and 1869 Congress changed the size of the court, going from a low of five justices in 1801 to a high of ten in 1863. In most of those cases, as in 1801 and 1863, the size went up and down in order to fix an imbalance or overreach by the Supreme Court. My latest
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Jason Heppler
@jasonheppler.org
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Meanwhile, my priest forcefully spoke out against Christian nationalism in her sermon this past Sunday.
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Seth Cotlar
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
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Vote for the slightly older guy, not the crook. It’s important.
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Celeste Pewter
@celestepewter.bsky.social
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There are many things that infuriate me about the pundit class right now, but probably one of the top on my list: Project 2025 has posted their plans for every single federal department on their website. They have a training academy for prospective appointees. Where are the hard hitting op-eds?
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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A reminder that the only poll that matters is the one that happens at the ballot box in November We must fight for the right to vote, protect it against the threats from Republicans and other fascist enablers and then use it Stop with this replacement nonsense; it’s embarrassing
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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the platform changed the GOP's position on abortion the same way i changed my position on bedtime when i told my kids they could stay up until half-past 7pm instead of 7:30pm.
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Tyler
@electriceden92.bsky.social
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Amusing illustration, dispiriting article www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Anna Meier
@annameier.bsky.social
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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.
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Gabe Ortíz
@tusk81.bsky.social
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Mass deportation is a kitchen table issue, and Trump and the GOP need to be hounded about it.
"Kids will come from school to homes without their parents. Businesses would lose workers, some would just shutter. Crops would rot in the fields.” zacharymueller.substack.com/p/mass-depor...
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Kevin Collins
@kwcollins.bsky.social
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Ideally with a comparison to the equivalent numbers for stories on Trump's authoritarian campaign pledges on social media and at rallies
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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social
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Can someone start a dashboard counting number of NYT stories on Biden's age and NYT reporters assigned to the topic?
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Alfred Twu
@alfredtwu.bsky.social
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You may have heard of the bad stuff in the right-wing Project 2025 plan such as banning abortion, ending LGBTQ rights, privatizing Medicare. There's also bad city planning in it, such as defunding mass transit, "oppose any efforts to weaken single-family zoning", and being against bike lanes.
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D.N. Schmidt, Space Opera Author 🛸
@writepop.bsky.social
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Happy hundredth anniversary of this news headline from The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio. (July 9, 1924.)
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Critical Russ Theory
@russellgaleti.bsky.social
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Joe Biden is better at politics than some 1-2 term hack House back benchers too scared to say it with their chests? No way that’s crazy…
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Tom Scocca
@tomscocca.bsky.social
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It's really something to contrast how the paper sees its role with Biden or Claudine Gay with how it sees its role with Trump or Chris Rufo
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Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
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French people riot and block roads every two weeks because the price of a baguette increased but suddenly they reject fascism and it’s like oh wow this kooky country can’t get anything done!
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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
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The gubernatorial candidate who said his opponents should be murdered currently has a slight lead in the polls. At best it’s 50/50.
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/govern...
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Ashley Jester
@ajester.bsky.social
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Still pissed that you can get unleaded gas but not unleaded tampons
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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My Solomonic view is that NYT—perhaps the president’s primary persecutor recently—showed its whole ass with this swiss-cheese Parkinson’s specialist story. It’s blatantly copied from right-wing charlatans, unvetted. And a nimbler White House and campaign would be making it pay dearly for that.
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