Ashley Jester

@ajester.bsky.social

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Political scientist ∯ Data maven ∯ Librarian ∯ Probably more of a fox than a hedgehog ∯ Not that kind of doctor ∯ Information asymmetry ruins the world ∯ 🦔 = hugs

A still from the original Thomas & Friends tv series, with stop-motion model trains and faces; Thomas is very grumpy; the text says “Thomas had never seen such bullshit before”.
A personal rescue beacon is being demonstrated. It operates like a hand crank powered radio, and the power that this generates is used to power a signal light, and also an optional radio beacon. In this video, the machine is being cranked and powered, and the signal light is flickering on periodically. The machine itself is a yellow rectangular object (not quite square) with a few knobs visible. Three people are seen in the video. A woman sits behind the desk, smiling, holding onto the machine to keep it steady. A young man cranks the machine and comes into view periodically. A tall man in a yellow sweater is laughing and holding the signal light.
A hand holds a copy of “The Data Management Workbook” by Kristin Briney in front of some library stacks where materials are shelved.
Two leopards; one leopard has its paw on the shoulder of the other leopard giving the appearance that it is speaking into the ear of the other leopard. A version of the leopards eating faces meme.
A young White girl is sitting for a school portrait; she is wearing a white long sleeve polo shirt with a pink chunky knit sweater vest; she has blonde hair, worn long with severe bangs almost looking like a mullet; she looks confused and is not smiling but looks off to the right with her mouth slightly open.
A forearm is shown, with a bright yellow “FALL RISK” bracelet on the wrist. The person is light-skinned and wearing a long sleeve dress, some of which is visible as a sleeve and part of the lap. The dress is made of linen with pale blue and white thin stripes. The back of the hand and wrist are the focal area.
Screenshot of the July 1990 box office from https://www.boxofficemojo.com/month/july/1990/; Die Hard 2 is ranked #1.
Raising the Point of the Spear A Mother’s Prayer Sometimes the responsibility is overwhelming My son is the point of the spear He is fearless He is fierce His defenses of those he loves are something to fear But he is gentle And he is kind And he is loving and he loves But he is the point of the spear And someday that spear will become a man And that point will be wielded in a powerful way I am certain of that And so I must be careful to make sure that the point is pointing in the right direction In defense of the weak In defense of the frightened In defense of those who cannot defend themselves And I must be ever vigilant against the forces that wish to turn this point against the people Those who would seize this point of the spear and wield it for evil Who would use it to hurt the weak Who would use it to terrify the frightened Who would use it to break anyone who dared to stand against them And so I must be careful I am raising the point of the spear And I must make sure it is pointed for good, not for evil And I must make sure that he understands this power And this gift And this curse And that he learns to wield it with the courage that so many lack He is the point of the spear May it ever be pointed in the direction of justice And wielded with mercy and love Amen
A pair of leopards on a rock, with trees in the background. The leopard on the left has a paw draped over the leopard on the right's shoulder, and has its mouth open, as if yelling in the one on the right's ear. The one on the right looks skeptical, and mildly annoyed. A finalist in the 2025 Comedy Wildlife image contest, by Hikkaduwa Liyamage Prasamtja Vinod named “Bad Mouthing”
Actor Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein sits slouched on a moss-covered, decaying stone bench in a dark, gothic room. He wears a deep teal satin robe with a red lining over dark plaid pants, exuding a brooding, exasperated expression. Behind him, an ornate, cracked mirror and tattered wall décor add to the eerie, neglected atmosphere. Over the image, bold white text with a sarcastic tone reads, “oh sure blame the guy whose fault it is 🙄.”
A child wearing a Storm Trooper from Star Wars costume. It’s the Storm Trooper design from the Return of the Jedi onwards. The child is holding a toy Nerf gun that is lime green with the orange safety barrel but has the general shape of the Storm Trooper blaster.
Romeo from PJ Masks. He is a super villain who wears a long lab coat over what appear to be denim pants and simple shoes. He wears long protective gloves that go past his elbows. He wears protective goggles. Despite appearing to be a child like the PJ Masks, he has a noticeable broad white streak in his hair. His face is a slight smirk.
Two Godzilla-type monsters fighting; the Godzilla monster has the other in a grip and is saying “Live life in such a way that no one pays Etsy witches to curse you” .
An alligator wearing a hat walking into weeds. Text says “Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.”.
The cover of “I Really Like Slop!” by Mo Willems. It shows Piggie cradling a bowl of slop around which several flies hover while Gerald (Elephant) looks disgusted in the background.
Rosey the Robot from the Jetsons cartoon; she is a robotic maid with a face that has two red eyes and a mouth that opens like a sliding metal door; her method of getting around is a wheeled base, pointedly not feet in skates.
A picture of a shallow ocean beach, taken from the sandbar and looking back to the shore; the sand in the ocean in the foreground appears pink but the sand visible on the beach appears more white; there are sandy cliffs that give way to red sandstone cliffs; the sky is mostly clear blue with a few wispy clouds.
A small meadow is in the foreground; a baseball diamond is visible mid-way toward the horizon; in the distance, a bit of ocean is visible
The "Christian Flag" – it is a plain white field with a dark navy blue upper left corner; in the middle of this small blue field is a red cross.
Close up map of the lower US gulf coast and most of Mexico; this is a geological features map with place names from that field; the Gulf of Mexico is Sigsbee Deep.
R/V Neil Armstrong at dock in Woods Hole, MA; the ocean and a small pier are visible in the foreground and the ocean extends into the distance in the background, eventually merging on the horizon; the sky is gray and overcast and the colors are dulled
Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day"
A screen cap from the Co-Star astrology app showing my daily takeaway, “Your body is scared.” Do: best interest, timing, prioritization Don’t: pedestals, begging, numbness.
The scene from the original Top Gun where Tom Cruise as Maverick is describing flying with the MiG jet and being inverted The text says "And the yield curve" as a reference to the US treasuries yield curve inverting yesterday & currently being inverted
Six heart-shaped medallions; three are made from green glitter acrylic and three are made from wood; each is embossed “I am indirect costs.”
LEGO bricks in a variety of colors assembled into a 3-dimensional square (not tall enough to be a cube) on which a cannon has been placed. Two pigs eating cookies and pooping guard the front; the pigs have “lasers” mounted on their backs. In the background are clear bins holding additional LEGO bricks and a pink tray holding more bricks.
An alligator wearing a sun hat is walking jauntily into some dense vegetation; the text says “Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In my lane. Focused. Flourishing.”
Screenshot from now defunct Huffington Post .com of story by Kayla Chadwick, Contributor, Video Editor. The title of the story is "I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people." The subtitle says "Our disagreement is not merely political but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society." It was originally published June 26 2017 at 9:57 PM EDT. It was updated June 29, 2017.
A close-up of the product label for a bag of limes indicating the limes were produced (i.e., grown and harvested) in Colombia.
Tim Russert, on the set of “Meet the Press”
A photo of a mineral exhibit case at the American Museum of Natural History; the mineral Cummingtonite is the subject of the photo
The goose chasing a person meme In the first panel, the goose says "What identities?" In the second panel, the goose says "What identities motherfucker?"
A middle-aged White woman is pictured; she is facing the camera and smiling; she is wearing a green dress with an abstract navy print and a headband with a large fake Poinsettia bloom on the left side; the headband itself is striped red & white like a candy cane; the woman has long dark blonde hair and green eyes; she is not wearing any makeup; she is in a room that appears to be an office
A picture of the August 2024 issue of “Brick Journal”; the cover art features a landscape of the White Wall from “Game of Thrones” crafted with LEGO bricks This is a library copy and has been bound in protective plastic that leaves the journal visible. Someone is using their left hand to cover the identifying library information.
Morro Rock in California; the rock is in the left of the frame and is a volcano plug ejection that is craggy and irregularly shaped, more than 500 ft high; there are sand dunes in the rest of the beach area visible; it is sunset and the sun is barely visible on the far horizon over the ocean; a young boy is barely visible standing almost camouflaged in the center of the frame on a small dune
Metal footlocker style sunglass case with prominent rivets all over and a large Oakley logo in the middle of the lid. Not show are the unfinished sharp metal at the opening hinges where I lots parts of fingers and my hands.
The Fantastic Lava Beds in Lassen Volcanic Park; this photo shows rough lava on the left transitioning to a scree dune with colors from mineral deposits and a few trees struggling
Cast of Ready, Jet, Go! Sean, Sidney, Jet, Mindy, and Sunspot
Picture of middle-aged White woman wearing a orange T-shirt; the shirt has an image of Gritty from the Philadelphia Flyers dressed in work clothes and driving a lawnmower; text reads “Welcome to Four Seasons Total Landscaping Philadelphia PA Not the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia”
Possible gopher tortoise on a brick walking path, surrounded by grass on either side of the path; there is a small section of artificial turf patio in the foreground