Erin irber
@erinirber.bsky.social
Furniture designer and maker specializing in custom cabinetry. Former nonprofit communicator driven by craftsmanship and thoughtful storytelling.
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. www.wired.com/story/weight...
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. www.wired.com/story/weight...
It all comes down to a system steeped in slavery and racism that rewards wealth accumulation. It's structural in both regards.
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It all comes down to a system steeped in slavery and racism that rewards wealth accumulation. It's structural in both regards.
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My message to Gov Pritzker is clear: prohibit state police from assisting ICE in any way
My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My message to Gov Pritzker is clear: prohibit state police from assisting ICE in any way
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
I think everyone should read Technofeudalism by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I think everyone should read Technofeudalism by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
Toni Collette is the working-class Tilda Swinton; grounded where Swinton is ethereal, but just as fearless and transformative. #netflixwayward #wayward
September 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Toni Collette is the working-class Tilda Swinton; grounded where Swinton is ethereal, but just as fearless and transformative. #netflixwayward #wayward
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My painting SAWYER COUNTY BARNS
September 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My painting SAWYER COUNTY BARNS
We need to be smarter. The root of all our problems is economic. Both the left and the right’s politicians have protected corporations over people - an inhumane practice.
This is a up down fight!
Not a left right war.
This is a up down fight!
Not a left right war.
September 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We need to be smarter. The root of all our problems is economic. Both the left and the right’s politicians have protected corporations over people - an inhumane practice.
This is a up down fight!
Not a left right war.
This is a up down fight!
Not a left right war.
Before Reagan, Keynesian capitalism had guardrails - taxing the rich, strong unions, public goods - and it created our one and only middle class.
Neoliberalism tore it down: Deregulation and privatization. Inequality is back at 1920s levels.
We’ve done it differently before. We can again.
Neoliberalism tore it down: Deregulation and privatization. Inequality is back at 1920s levels.
We’ve done it differently before. We can again.
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Before Reagan, Keynesian capitalism had guardrails - taxing the rich, strong unions, public goods - and it created our one and only middle class.
Neoliberalism tore it down: Deregulation and privatization. Inequality is back at 1920s levels.
We’ve done it differently before. We can again.
Neoliberalism tore it down: Deregulation and privatization. Inequality is back at 1920s levels.
We’ve done it differently before. We can again.
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An in depth take on the attention economy. Worth the read or listen.
Who's Getting Rich Off Your Attention?
How concentrated ownership and automated manipulation reshape democracy
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
An in depth take on the attention economy. Worth the read or listen.
People over profit!
September 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
People over profit!
Tho we have social safety-nets in place: the fed, unemployment, social security- we are getting very close the the income inequality of the 1920’s. In 1928, the top 1% captured about 24% of all income. Today, it’s around 20%, and climbing.
September 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Tho we have social safety-nets in place: the fed, unemployment, social security- we are getting very close the the income inequality of the 1920’s. In 1928, the top 1% captured about 24% of all income. Today, it’s around 20%, and climbing.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Riley Fanning. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Congratulations, XP Lee! 🎊
Well done!
Well done!
September 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Congratulations, XP Lee! 🎊
Well done!
Well done!
Let’s bring back:
It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war!
They want to divide us, but we are smarter than that. I love my neighbors. I don’t care who you vote for, our biggest issue today is economics and both parties have screwed us.
It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war!
They want to divide us, but we are smarter than that. I love my neighbors. I don’t care who you vote for, our biggest issue today is economics and both parties have screwed us.
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Let’s bring back:
It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war!
They want to divide us, but we are smarter than that. I love my neighbors. I don’t care who you vote for, our biggest issue today is economics and both parties have screwed us.
It’s not a culture war, it’s a class war!
They want to divide us, but we are smarter than that. I love my neighbors. I don’t care who you vote for, our biggest issue today is economics and both parties have screwed us.
Today’s adventure turned into buying a bandsaw, walking along big river and meeting lots of dogs.. more to come!
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Today’s adventure turned into buying a bandsaw, walking along big river and meeting lots of dogs.. more to come!
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“La Folie” a project in Portugal designed by architect Tarek Shamma for Christian Louboutin
September 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“La Folie” a project in Portugal designed by architect Tarek Shamma for Christian Louboutin
WIP- been thinking about the stories in Greek mythology while making this box - specifically pandora & psyche. Left in Pandora’s box was Elpis. Broadly translated as hope but more correctly translated as expectation. Boxes hold hidden potential - & in today’s world hope is a beautiful potential.
September 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
WIP- been thinking about the stories in Greek mythology while making this box - specifically pandora & psyche. Left in Pandora’s box was Elpis. Broadly translated as hope but more correctly translated as expectation. Boxes hold hidden potential - & in today’s world hope is a beautiful potential.
Any tips on growing on this platform? I’m off the mag 7 and would love to thrive here.
September 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Any tips on growing on this platform? I’m off the mag 7 and would love to thrive here.
The fact that No Doubt was the first concert I went to is now embarrassing.
March 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The fact that No Doubt was the first concert I went to is now embarrassing.
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“American techno-fascism is no longer a philosophical abstraction for Silicon Valley to tinker with,” @chaykak.bsky.social writes. “It is a policy program whose constitutional limits are being tested right now as DOGE . . . rampages through the federal government.”
Techno-Fascism Comes to America
The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.
nyer.cm
March 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“American techno-fascism is no longer a philosophical abstraction for Silicon Valley to tinker with,” @chaykak.bsky.social writes. “It is a policy program whose constitutional limits are being tested right now as DOGE . . . rampages through the federal government.”
Pretty sure all these tariffs are just here to make all of us tradwives. Homesteading homemakers.
March 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pretty sure all these tariffs are just here to make all of us tradwives. Homesteading homemakers.