Austin Knipper
@knippa.bsky.social
urban planner for good jobs and worker power | recovering labor economist | roomba dad
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Austin Knipper
@knippa.bsky.social
· Jul 22
If you are a recently laid off federal worker, please respond to @tcfdotorg.bsky.social's survey as they push for an easier, fairer UI system: thecenturyfoundation.fillout.com/feduisurvey
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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Congratulations Abigail Spanberger.
I can't wait to work alongside my union siblings to force her to go back on her campaign promise of not repealing right to work.
I can't wait to work alongside my union siblings to force her to go back on her campaign promise of not repealing right to work.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Congratulations Abigail Spanberger.
I can't wait to work alongside my union siblings to force her to go back on her campaign promise of not repealing right to work.
I can't wait to work alongside my union siblings to force her to go back on her campaign promise of not repealing right to work.
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decision desk is calling it. you've won the dork district by a landslide
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
decision desk is calling it. you've won the dork district by a landslide
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the next democratic president should refer a significant portion of the current administration to The Hague for crimes against humanity
In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home and a family mourns following U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug boats.
Fear Grips a Caribbean Nation in the Shadow of U.S. Boat Strikes
In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home and a family mourns following airstrikes on alleged drug boats.
on.wsj.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
the next democratic president should refer a significant portion of the current administration to The Hague for crimes against humanity
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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RAHHHH THESE COLORS DON'T RUN
October 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
RAHHHH THESE COLORS DON'T RUN
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
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So, closing 1% of total US/ Canada stores, but nearly 10% of union stores. Some mathematicians would consider this evidence of union busting.
BREAKING: Starbucks just announced a $1 billion restructuring and will close 59 unionized stores — nearly 10% of union locations.
It includes the Roastery in Seattle, one of its busiest shops.
CEO Brian Niccol made $100 million in four months last year.
It includes the Roastery in Seattle, one of its busiest shops.
CEO Brian Niccol made $100 million in four months last year.
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So, closing 1% of total US/ Canada stores, but nearly 10% of union stores. Some mathematicians would consider this evidence of union busting.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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The hardworking & talented investigators at the DOL have an underrated skill in convincing workers to talk about abuses in their workplace even when those workers face retaliation for doing so. Today, those investigators are the ones speaking up about abuses in their own workplace.
Under Trump, the Department of Labor has pushed out around 20 percent of staff, rescinded benefits, undermined enforcement of labor violations, and is proposing rules that would cut pay and scale back rights for millions of workers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Like working in a prison’: cuts, fear and understaffing at Trump’s labor department
Morale has plummeted as staff charged with protecting US workers feel their core mission is being undermined
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The hardworking & talented investigators at the DOL have an underrated skill in convincing workers to talk about abuses in their workplace even when those workers face retaliation for doing so. Today, those investigators are the ones speaking up about abuses in their own workplace.
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Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
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This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is class solidarity.
In case you’re at all confused.
In case you’re at all confused.
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i understand that our attention is divided as a nation but i do need everyone to know that henry winkler is on a fishing trip
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
i understand that our attention is divided as a nation but i do need everyone to know that henry winkler is on a fishing trip
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anyone with a high-paying job where you exercise ethical discretion should expect to leave that job by quitting or being fired, and should treat any earnings in excess of a basic middle-class standard of living as funds with which to buy the independence of that discretion.
September 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
anyone with a high-paying job where you exercise ethical discretion should expect to leave that job by quitting or being fired, and should treat any earnings in excess of a basic middle-class standard of living as funds with which to buy the independence of that discretion.
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This absolute banger
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This absolute banger
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Mayor Muriel Bowser has praised the surge and reserved her criticisms for ICE wearing masks. But tonight at a local school it was MPD who pulled up their gaiter, put on gloves, and approached me masked.
August 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Mayor Muriel Bowser has praised the surge and reserved her criticisms for ICE wearing masks. But tonight at a local school it was MPD who pulled up their gaiter, put on gloves, and approached me masked.
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If Democrats cease to be a viable political force, it will be because of moves like this by Mayor Bowser in Washington—an abject failure of will and imagination to resist an obvious wrong. And now she's made it easier for 47 to justify doing this to other cities. #Baltimore #Chicago
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Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely
Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.
wapo.st
September 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If Democrats cease to be a viable political force, it will be because of moves like this by Mayor Bowser in Washington—an abject failure of will and imagination to resist an obvious wrong. And now she's made it easier for 47 to justify doing this to other cities. #Baltimore #Chicago
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Mayor Bowser was doing more to help Washington DC when she was out of town on vacation.
August 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mayor Bowser was doing more to help Washington DC when she was out of town on vacation.
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2 weeks after being violently attacked & arrested.
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
September 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
2 weeks after being violently attacked & arrested.
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
"Good job, Mayor Bowser. You're a Fascist, too.”
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We have a Vichy Mayor in Washington DC.
August 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
We have a Vichy Mayor in Washington DC.
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The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
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this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "Mr President, I invite you see your big beautiful face on a banner in front of the Department of Labor because you are really the transformational president of the American worker, along with the American flag and President Roosevelt."
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
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Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff
August 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff