Kat "Unions!" Callahan
@jezebelkat.bsky.social
Labor Organiser, Journalist, New Mexican, Kimagure Orange Road Fan, Puncher of Nazis (New Formula or Classic Taste)
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This is MAJOR!
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is MAJOR!
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LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO
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After THREE FUCKING YEARS ON STRIKE, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers have WON!
Like Sergeant Apone says, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are absolutely badasses. What an incredible display of solidarity, and a model for us all.
Like Sergeant Apone says, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are absolutely badasses. What an incredible display of solidarity, and a model for us all.
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
After THREE FUCKING YEARS ON STRIKE, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers have WON!
Like Sergeant Apone says, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are absolutely badasses. What an incredible display of solidarity, and a model for us all.
Like Sergeant Apone says, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh are absolutely badasses. What an incredible display of solidarity, and a model for us all.
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1118 days. We fought, we won. What else is there to say. 🫡
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1118 days. We fought, we won. What else is there to say. 🫡
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I keep alternating between shock, tears, and joy.
We fucking did it. We won.
We fucking did it. We won.
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I keep alternating between shock, tears, and joy.
We fucking did it. We won.
We fucking did it. We won.
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BIG NEWS OUTTA PITTSBURGH 🔥
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BIG NEWS OUTTA PITTSBURGH 🔥
Baseball equipment is headed from the House to the Senate, and it's not for a friendly pick up game between the Dems of each chamber.
Oh, Senate Dems, always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Oh, Senate Dems, always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Baseball equipment is headed from the House to the Senate, and it's not for a friendly pick up game between the Dems of each chamber.
Oh, Senate Dems, always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Oh, Senate Dems, always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Jagoff
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Jagoff
For the lols, earlier today News Max reported on the kind words Donald Rumsfeld had for Dick Cheney upon learning of the former VP's death.
...before removing it because Rumsfeld has been in hell since 2021.
...before removing it because Rumsfeld has been in hell since 2021.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
For the lols, earlier today News Max reported on the kind words Donald Rumsfeld had for Dick Cheney upon learning of the former VP's death.
...before removing it because Rumsfeld has been in hell since 2021.
...before removing it because Rumsfeld has been in hell since 2021.
Democracy managed.
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Democracy managed.
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I just got an email that this is out.
Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art
press.umich.edu/Books/I/Inte...
Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art
press.umich.edu/Books/I/Inte...
Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art
Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art explores the history of intersex or futanari figures in modern Japanese literature and culture to examine the provocative discourses that defied ...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I just got an email that this is out.
Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art
press.umich.edu/Books/I/Inte...
Intersex Figures in Modern Japanese Literature and Art
press.umich.edu/Books/I/Inte...
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BREAKING: Over 2/3rds of Volkswagen Chattanooga workers have voted to authorize a strike.
They say the company is not guaranteeing contract language that would keep the plant open. More details in our newsletter today
paydayreport.com/2-3rd-of-vol...
They say the company is not guaranteeing contract language that would keep the plant open. More details in our newsletter today
paydayreport.com/2-3rd-of-vol...
2/3rd of Volkswagen Workers Fight to Strike - 132 Killed in Rio - AFGE Rank-and-File Resist Leadership
While the UAW did not release the strike vote authorization number, wnder the UAW constitution, a 2/3rd majority is required to call a strike. The UAW has stated that they reached that threshold easil...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
BREAKING: Over 2/3rds of Volkswagen Chattanooga workers have voted to authorize a strike.
They say the company is not guaranteeing contract language that would keep the plant open. More details in our newsletter today
paydayreport.com/2-3rd-of-vol...
They say the company is not guaranteeing contract language that would keep the plant open. More details in our newsletter today
paydayreport.com/2-3rd-of-vol...
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In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
@timserpas.bsky.social
I'm clearing out my old college era personal email, and while a lot of the emails have been boring or even depressing stuff (lots of job applications, rejections, or job offers that had been rescinded) but I have been laughing at updates from the Great and Terrible Tim.
I'm clearing out my old college era personal email, and while a lot of the emails have been boring or even depressing stuff (lots of job applications, rejections, or job offers that had been rescinded) but I have been laughing at updates from the Great and Terrible Tim.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
@timserpas.bsky.social
I'm clearing out my old college era personal email, and while a lot of the emails have been boring or even depressing stuff (lots of job applications, rejections, or job offers that had been rescinded) but I have been laughing at updates from the Great and Terrible Tim.
I'm clearing out my old college era personal email, and while a lot of the emails have been boring or even depressing stuff (lots of job applications, rejections, or job offers that had been rescinded) but I have been laughing at updates from the Great and Terrible Tim.
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My deep dive into the politics behind the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers
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How Blue Jays Fans Won Over a Pittsburgher - A Call for US-Canada Solidarity in the World Series
So this year, with the Pirates long out of contention, I will be rooting for the Blue Jays in the World Series to increase solidarity between Canada and the United States.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My deep dive into the politics behind the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers
paydayreport.com/how-blue-jay...
paydayreport.com/how-blue-jay...
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Great story. So much history remains obscure but rewards our attention. @buckweaver.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
The forgotten story of the US soldiers who integrated baseball before Jackie Robinson
Alongside a Jewish, anti-racist pitcher from Brooklyn, Leon Day and Willard Brown played in a remarkable team during a historic wartime tournament
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Great story. So much history remains obscure but rewards our attention. @buckweaver.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...
Dumbest timeline. Absolutely the dumbest fucking timeline.
Disclaimer: I am an associate editor of this publication.
Disclaimer: I am an associate editor of this publication.
Angered by anti-tariff World Series TV ads, Trump has announced that he is increasing tariffs on Canada by 10%.
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Angered Over World Series TV Ads, Trump Increases Tariffs on Canada
Trump announced that he would increase tariffs on Canada by 10% as a result of these TV ads being aired during the World Series.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dumbest timeline. Absolutely the dumbest fucking timeline.
Disclaimer: I am an associate editor of this publication.
Disclaimer: I am an associate editor of this publication.
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UAW has called strike vote at Chattanooga Volkswagen as both German & local Tennessee official threaten layoffs.
All the details here
paydayreport.com/uaw-calls-st...
All the details here
paydayreport.com/uaw-calls-st...
UAW Calls Strike Vote at Chattanooga Volkswagen - County GOP Official Threatens Funds for Plant - Volkswagen Threatens German Layoffs Too
“Final Offer? Not Until We Say So,” the UAW said in a statement. “Volkswagen is so desperate to force through its “final offer” that they’ve refused to even sit down with us, which is against the law....
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October 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
UAW has called strike vote at Chattanooga Volkswagen as both German & local Tennessee official threaten layoffs.
All the details here
paydayreport.com/uaw-calls-st...
All the details here
paydayreport.com/uaw-calls-st...
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Okay! This is going to take a while so I had to finish some stuff first, but: Why Da Pope Fucking Up Opus Dei Is A Huge Fucking Deal: a thread
Gimme an hour or two and then I'll explain why this is a "holy fucking shit" moment!
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Okay! This is going to take a while so I had to finish some stuff first, but: Why Da Pope Fucking Up Opus Dei Is A Huge Fucking Deal: a thread
October 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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As a writer, I strive to always relfect our world somehow, esp in fantasy and sci fi. In Kipo, I wrote about a fictional dystopian Los Angeles that LGBTQ+ kids are very much a part of, bc it reflects the real LA we based it on. LGBTQ+ kids exist. Trans kids exist. That shouldn't be controversial.
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
As a writer, I strive to always relfect our world somehow, esp in fantasy and sci fi. In Kipo, I wrote about a fictional dystopian Los Angeles that LGBTQ+ kids are very much a part of, bc it reflects the real LA we based it on. LGBTQ+ kids exist. Trans kids exist. That shouldn't be controversial.
Sorry I blinked out for a bit.
The union was declared at my workplace. Management has recognized the union.
It was over a year of work. I am over the moon.
The union was declared at my workplace. Management has recognized the union.
It was over a year of work. I am over the moon.
October 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Sorry I blinked out for a bit.
The union was declared at my workplace. Management has recognized the union.
It was over a year of work. I am over the moon.
The union was declared at my workplace. Management has recognized the union.
It was over a year of work. I am over the moon.