Ruth
@duckduckf.bsky.social
Writer and ASL interpreter in western Massachusetts. Pushcart nominated poet. Screenwriter. Author of YA novel, BEING FISHKILL #mglit #yalit #mapoli
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
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November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
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tl;dr: the tentative Senate budget deal sucks.
The deal still needs a final vote to pass the Senate, and it must pass the House. There's still room here for course correction with heavy constituent pressure, but it's moving fast.
Call your Senators & House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/federa...
The deal still needs a final vote to pass the Senate, and it must pass the House. There's still room here for course correction with heavy constituent pressure, but it's moving fast.
Call your Senators & House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/federa...
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
tl;dr: the tentative Senate budget deal sucks.
The deal still needs a final vote to pass the Senate, and it must pass the House. There's still room here for course correction with heavy constituent pressure, but it's moving fast.
Call your Senators & House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/federa...
The deal still needs a final vote to pass the Senate, and it must pass the House. There's still room here for course correction with heavy constituent pressure, but it's moving fast.
Call your Senators & House Rep NOW 👉 5calls.org/issue/federa...
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The Dems had ALL the leverage.
WE the gave it to them
WE marched
WE called
WE dug in hard on mutual aid
and WE gave them a fucking historic win in an off-year election.
And THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY for a promise.
And all they had to do was NOT fuck it up - and that apparently was too much to ask.
WE the gave it to them
WE marched
WE called
WE dug in hard on mutual aid
and WE gave them a fucking historic win in an off-year election.
And THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY for a promise.
And all they had to do was NOT fuck it up - and that apparently was too much to ask.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Dems had ALL the leverage.
WE the gave it to them
WE marched
WE called
WE dug in hard on mutual aid
and WE gave them a fucking historic win in an off-year election.
And THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY for a promise.
And all they had to do was NOT fuck it up - and that apparently was too much to ask.
WE the gave it to them
WE marched
WE called
WE dug in hard on mutual aid
and WE gave them a fucking historic win in an off-year election.
And THEY THREW IT ALL AWAY for a promise.
And all they had to do was NOT fuck it up - and that apparently was too much to ask.
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Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
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Senate Dems give in, letting the GOP take health care so they don't miss their Thanksgiving flights, and prove that the current party is out of touch.
Time for new blood. In this video, we show it's not just Mamdani. So many young guns are running and need your support.
youtu.be/7HGEpuXI_Ms?...
Time for new blood. In this video, we show it's not just Mamdani. So many young guns are running and need your support.
youtu.be/7HGEpuXI_Ms?...
Zohran Mamdani conquered. Other young Democrats can, too.
YouTube video by Salon
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Senate Dems give in, letting the GOP take health care so they don't miss their Thanksgiving flights, and prove that the current party is out of touch.
Time for new blood. In this video, we show it's not just Mamdani. So many young guns are running and need your support.
youtu.be/7HGEpuXI_Ms?...
Time for new blood. In this video, we show it's not just Mamdani. So many young guns are running and need your support.
youtu.be/7HGEpuXI_Ms?...
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would be a shame if people called venues the way they did for Jeffries’ book tour
John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
would be a shame if people called venues the way they did for Jeffries’ book tour
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INBOX: @massgovernor.bsky.social rejects Trump Agriculture Dept demand that distributed November SNAP benefits be clawed back from recipients. #mapoli
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
INBOX: @massgovernor.bsky.social rejects Trump Agriculture Dept demand that distributed November SNAP benefits be clawed back from recipients. #mapoli
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Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
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HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net
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Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
Logan Hosts Food Bank For TSA Workers Amid Longest U.S. Government Shutdown | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/loga...
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"A.i." is racist because its inputs are racist and this use of it will also be racist. Inexcusable. Ban this wicked product from your life as much as you possibly can.
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"A.i." is racist because its inputs are racist and this use of it will also be racist. Inexcusable. Ban this wicked product from your life as much as you possibly can.
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“We're ready and willing to go on the biggest strike we’ve ever been on,” said Silvia Baldwin, a Philadelphia barista who is one of the delegates representing @sbworkersunited.org in negotiations. “If the company wants to avoid that, they can settle with us today."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed-Up Starbucks Baristas Prep 'Biggest Strike We've Ever Been On’
The coffee chain’s US employees began unionizing four years ago and are still trying to secure a contract.
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“We're ready and willing to go on the biggest strike we’ve ever been on,” said Silvia Baldwin, a Philadelphia barista who is one of the delegates representing @sbworkersunited.org in negotiations. “If the company wants to avoid that, they can settle with us today."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amazon is quietly raising prices much more than its competition.
While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year.
Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year.
Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
Retailers are raising prices to meet tariffs. Amazon is hiking more than others
Prices on Amazon, Walmart and Target have all increased this year as retailers grapple with higher costs due to tariffs.
www.cnbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Amazon is quietly raising prices much more than its competition.
While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year.
Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
While many companies are raising prices and blaming tariffs, Amazon prices have skyrocketed by an average of 12.8% this year.
Their biggest competitors, Walmart and Target, have raised prices about 5%.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...
Awe for the person who has all these cultural movie references stored in her head
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Awe for the person who has all these cultural movie references stored in her head
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"Ana minkum wa ilaykum"
"I am of you and for you"
He didn't just say that in an Arabic-language video, he went up there and said it to the whole damn city.
"I am of you and for you"
He didn't just say that in an Arabic-language video, he went up there and said it to the whole damn city.
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Ana minkum wa ilaykum"
"I am of you and for you"
He didn't just say that in an Arabic-language video, he went up there and said it to the whole damn city.
"I am of you and for you"
He didn't just say that in an Arabic-language video, he went up there and said it to the whole damn city.
Stand with the workers at Starbucks. Don’t cross any picket lines
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Stand with the workers at Starbucks. Don’t cross any picket lines
Go scan through the @runforsomething.net feed and look at all the progressive first time candidates who won - amazing list
Veteran. Mom and foster parent. Community advocate. Congrats to Stacey Carroll, who’s turning service into policy and fighting for families, workers, and children across Virginia.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Go scan through the @runforsomething.net feed and look at all the progressive first time candidates who won - amazing list
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Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mamdani says in his victory speech, “we will hire thousands of teachers.”
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
This, and not the proprietary chatbot classroom, is the future of education.
Visual messages drawn from the everyday lives of the people of New York City ~ bodega signs and taxi cabs 🚕
There are a lot of arguments for why Mamdani won. I, a pundit, believe it was the typeface.
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Visual messages drawn from the everyday lives of the people of New York City ~ bodega signs and taxi cabs 🚕
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"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
Great summary of all the elections -lots of good news!
What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
[Now in 3 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Great summary of all the elections -lots of good news!
YES
NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
YES