Plastic Paddy
@paddyunidos.bsky.social
Me: Washingtonian interested in politics, history, music, & movies.
My pictures: Super Autocrat Typewriter Ribbon in Galway Bay.
My pictures: Super Autocrat Typewriter Ribbon in Galway Bay.
Hard to believe we ever lived without the game changing technology behind AI summaries.
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Hard to believe we ever lived without the game changing technology behind AI summaries.
6% of Minneapolitans claim Somali heritage and 36% of New Yorkers are foreign born. And today all Americans’ votes count, just as they did when my immigrant ancestors cast theirs.
The man can’t count, can’t speak, and can’t stand actually existing America as a land of immigrants.
The man can’t count, can’t speak, and can’t stand actually existing America as a land of immigrants.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
6% of Minneapolitans claim Somali heritage and 36% of New Yorkers are foreign born. And today all Americans’ votes count, just as they did when my immigrant ancestors cast theirs.
The man can’t count, can’t speak, and can’t stand actually existing America as a land of immigrants.
The man can’t count, can’t speak, and can’t stand actually existing America as a land of immigrants.
“The landed nobility had reasonable concerns about the mercantilist class enriching themselves through finance. Yet their own families are making ‘bourgeois rent-seeking’ look small-time.”
—>sentences that would never appear in the Economist
—>sentences that would never appear in the Economist
Donald Trump had reasonable concerns about how Joe Biden’s relatives enriched themselves through his service. Yet his own family is making the “Biden crime family” look small-time
How Donald Trump is turning into Joe Biden
It’s about more than denying inflation
econ.st
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
“The landed nobility had reasonable concerns about the mercantilist class enriching themselves through finance. Yet their own families are making ‘bourgeois rent-seeking’ look small-time.”
—>sentences that would never appear in the Economist
—>sentences that would never appear in the Economist
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Starbucks settles with NYC over violations of the city's fair scheduling law. Presumably the deal wasn't going to get better for Sbux under the administration of Zohran Mamdani, who has joined striking Starbucks union members on their picket lines www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Starbucks settles with NYC over violations of the city's fair scheduling law. Presumably the deal wasn't going to get better for Sbux under the administration of Zohran Mamdani, who has joined striking Starbucks union members on their picket lines www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Oligarchs in 2035: Please give my robot the franchise because it’s the only entity that’s productive enough to afford the goods and services I sell.
Who do they think is going to buy their products if everyone is unemployed?
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Oligarchs in 2035: Please give my robot the franchise because it’s the only entity that’s productive enough to afford the goods and services I sell.
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BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
Living in these times, it’s disturbing to think of “cruelty towards the out-group that ultimately does in the in-group” as a potentially recurring feature of human history.
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Living in these times, it’s disturbing to think of “cruelty towards the out-group that ultimately does in the in-group” as a potentially recurring feature of human history.
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Say hello to our striking baristas in Buffalo, NY! 11 days into our national ULP strike and we're only getting stronger 💪
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Say hello to our striking baristas in Buffalo, NY! 11 days into our national ULP strike and we're only getting stronger 💪
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
RT if you stand with baristas and won't buy Starbucks while workers are on ULP strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
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We support Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas, who are taking a stand against corporate greed and union-busting.
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
We support Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas, who are taking a stand against corporate greed and union-busting.
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
All 15 million members of America’s unions are in solidarity with Starbucks workers as they fight for a fair contract!
Ely S. Parker is an American hero in so many ways that he deserves a memorial on the Mall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
Seneca Soldier and Statesman Can Finally Add Lawyer to His Legacy
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Ely S. Parker is an American hero in so many ways that he deserves a memorial on the Mall.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Workers are asking customers not to buy coffee at any Starbucks location during their strike. Learn more: nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Workers are asking customers not to buy coffee at any Starbucks location during their strike. Learn more: nocontractnocoffee.org
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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6,666x
That’s how many times more Starbucks’ CEO makes than the average @sbworkersunited.org barista.
Starbucks workers are fighting for a fair contract, and America’s unions stand with them in this fight against corporate greed. https://bit.ly/4oATdMu
That’s how many times more Starbucks’ CEO makes than the average @sbworkersunited.org barista.
Starbucks workers are fighting for a fair contract, and America’s unions stand with them in this fight against corporate greed. https://bit.ly/4oATdMu
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
6,666x
That’s how many times more Starbucks’ CEO makes than the average @sbworkersunited.org barista.
Starbucks workers are fighting for a fair contract, and America’s unions stand with them in this fight against corporate greed. https://bit.ly/4oATdMu
That’s how many times more Starbucks’ CEO makes than the average @sbworkersunited.org barista.
Starbucks workers are fighting for a fair contract, and America’s unions stand with them in this fight against corporate greed. https://bit.ly/4oATdMu
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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. 🫡
Dem fundraising emails starting to get it
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Dem fundraising emails starting to get it
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The union is calling on people to boycott btw!!
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The union is calling on people to boycott btw!!
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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 7:51 PM
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.
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Regular people have values and a belief they're part of something larger than themselves while elites became elite by not having that
ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Regular people have values and a belief they're part of something larger than themselves while elites became elite by not having that
ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME
DID YOU KNOW:
You don’t have to pay Comcast to help them do this. You can find another Internet or phone provider or - barring that - reduce your services (and therefore payments).
Tell them why today!
www.xfinity.com/support/cont...
You don’t have to pay Comcast to help them do this. You can find another Internet or phone provider or - barring that - reduce your services (and therefore payments).
Tell them why today!
www.xfinity.com/support/cont...
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
DID YOU KNOW:
You don’t have to pay Comcast to help them do this. You can find another Internet or phone provider or - barring that - reduce your services (and therefore payments).
Tell them why today!
www.xfinity.com/support/cont...
You don’t have to pay Comcast to help them do this. You can find another Internet or phone provider or - barring that - reduce your services (and therefore payments).
Tell them why today!
www.xfinity.com/support/cont...
*chants of “dum-mee-mand-er” intensify*
just to play this out: losses geographically concentrated among expected partisan voters are catastrophic for gerrymanders, because they violate the efficiency assumptions of your cracked districts.
This is the dumbest thing I've ever read and this person needs to be launched into the sun.
6-8 point rural swing is how you get an absolute apocalypse for the GOP
6-8 point rural swing is how you get an absolute apocalypse for the GOP
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
*chants of “dum-mee-mand-er” intensify*
Hey @microsoft.com can you explain to shareholders why you’re funding the demolition of the White House?
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hey @microsoft.com can you explain to shareholders why you’re funding the demolition of the White House?