Cathy Stanton
@talkgroceriestome.bsky.social
Writer, anthropologist, accidentally in the grocery business.
This seems hopeful!
School district builds affordable on-campus tiny home village for teachers
The project is the first of its kind in Colorado and aims to serve as a case study for future teacher housing communities.
www.goodgoodgood.co
May 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This seems hopeful!
@raskin.house.gov just posted a link to the form that you can use to request copies of all your documents that DOGE has accessed, now that a judge has ruled they have to comply with a FOIA request. We should all do it! s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@raskin.house.gov just posted a link to the form that you can use to request copies of all your documents that DOGE has accessed, now that a judge has ruled they have to comply with a FOIA request. We should all do it! s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
Reposted by Cathy Stanton
My favorite from today’s 50501 March in Boston.
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My favorite from today’s 50501 March in Boston.
Perspective: 10 years ago eggs cost about 16 cents apiece. Now they cost about 41 cents apiece. That’s two bits more per egg, or 50 cents more for a two-egg omelette. In 10 years. Why is this somehow what makes Americans want to storm the barricades?🧐🥚
February 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Perspective: 10 years ago eggs cost about 16 cents apiece. Now they cost about 41 cents apiece. That’s two bits more per egg, or 50 cents more for a two-egg omelette. In 10 years. Why is this somehow what makes Americans want to storm the barricades?🧐🥚
I’m getting tired of all the exhorting of Democrats to “reconnect with the working people” or the “everyday people” or the “average voter.” Could we maybe name social class in here somewhere?
February 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’m getting tired of all the exhorting of Democrats to “reconnect with the working people” or the “everyday people” or the “average voter.” Could we maybe name social class in here somewhere?
The only heartening part of this is that they know they’re not supposed to say it. But the fog of coded language is getting pretty thick.
February 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The only heartening part of this is that they know they’re not supposed to say it. But the fog of coded language is getting pretty thick.
Solidarity, baby. Love that the first big union win under the Trump regime was at Whole Foods. Let’s keep it going.
Want to defeat Trump? Support unions | Eric Blanc
Organized labor could be Trump’s kryptonite
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Solidarity, baby. Love that the first big union win under the Trump regime was at Whole Foods. Let’s keep it going.
Smart piece by @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social.
The ultra-wealthy people currently gutting food assistance at all levels know perfectly well there’s no lack of food. This is about hunger as a weapon to hold against the poor.
The ultra-wealthy people currently gutting food assistance at all levels know perfectly well there’s no lack of food. This is about hunger as a weapon to hold against the poor.
Happy to share this piece I wrote (with input from @ipes-food.org colleagues) as a counter to the recent call for more technological 'moonshots' to end hunger.
No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities
theconversation.com/only-politic...
No amount of technology can ensure people are well fed - we need political will to tackle inequities
theconversation.com/only-politic...
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it
Massive political efforts are needed to tackle the root causes of hunger – conflict, poverty, inequality. Technology alone is not sufficient.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Smart piece by @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social.
The ultra-wealthy people currently gutting food assistance at all levels know perfectly well there’s no lack of food. This is about hunger as a weapon to hold against the poor.
The ultra-wealthy people currently gutting food assistance at all levels know perfectly well there’s no lack of food. This is about hunger as a weapon to hold against the poor.
Labor struggles are where you get a clear view of the stresses in both higher ed (my day job @seiu509.bsky.social) and the supermarket-centered food regime (my avocational obsession). Good inside view of the #WholeFoods organizing campaign in Philly from @grocerynerd.bsky.social today.
Grocery Update #47: How The Philly Whole Foods Union Campaign Was Won.
Solidarity. Also: Chili Paste.
grocerynerd.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Labor struggles are where you get a clear view of the stresses in both higher ed (my day job @seiu509.bsky.social) and the supermarket-centered food regime (my avocational obsession). Good inside view of the #WholeFoods organizing campaign in Philly from @grocerynerd.bsky.social today.
Important piece by my former student @telliotter.bsky.social on the unvetted tech bros now running amok in federal financial systems.
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Important piece by my former student @telliotter.bsky.social on the unvetted tech bros now running amok in federal financial systems.
I admit this makes me feel a bit patriotic… for Canada. 🇨🇦
Idiots like Elon Musk confuse being nice with being weak and being mean with being strong. Trump and Musk thought they'd sucker-punch Canada and that was the end of the story. Right now it looks like Canada is playing ice hockey with guys who think they're playing pool.
this is what we want to see. tariff the shit out of elon’s companies www.businesstoday.in/world/canada...
February 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I admit this makes me feel a bit patriotic… for Canada. 🇨🇦
Is Team Canada strong enough to withstand the loss of Florida orange juice (and snow-birding)? It’s certainly going to be interesting! 🤨 🍊 ❄️
A watershed moment in North American history. The economic war has begun. It will radically restructure the entire North American economy - hundreds of thousands will lose their jobs (and that is just Canada). One of the most important speeches by a Canadian in my lifetime - watch.
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
February 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Is Team Canada strong enough to withstand the loss of Florida orange juice (and snow-birding)? It’s certainly going to be interesting! 🤨 🍊 ❄️
When you discover that the reason your @seiu509.bsky.social organizer
@annameier.bsky.social is so brilliant is that she’s a recovering academic who deeply gets that this work is fundamentally about learning but it is increasingly about raw competition. annameier.substack.com/p/im-leaving...
@annameier.bsky.social is so brilliant is that she’s a recovering academic who deeply gets that this work is fundamentally about learning but it is increasingly about raw competition. annameier.substack.com/p/im-leaving...
I'm leaving academia.
There are many ways to tell this story. Here are six of them.
annameier.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When you discover that the reason your @seiu509.bsky.social organizer
@annameier.bsky.social is so brilliant is that she’s a recovering academic who deeply gets that this work is fundamentally about learning but it is increasingly about raw competition. annameier.substack.com/p/im-leaving...
@annameier.bsky.social is so brilliant is that she’s a recovering academic who deeply gets that this work is fundamentally about learning but it is increasingly about raw competition. annameier.substack.com/p/im-leaving...
It was strangely calming to walk a picket line with colleagues and students today. Also thank you to my university for building such a spiffy new building with a bird’s-eye view of same. I would feel even more grateful for a contract sometime soon!
January 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It was strangely calming to walk a picket line with colleagues and students today. Also thank you to my university for building such a spiffy new building with a bird’s-eye view of same. I would feel even more grateful for a contract sometime soon!
Zing.
January 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Zing.
Hello Bluesky, taking the advice of @aoc.bsky.social to cultivate alternatives to mainstream social media and curious about what’s been going on over here while the old invisible hand has been royally mucking things up elsewhere. 👋🏻
January 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hello Bluesky, taking the advice of @aoc.bsky.social to cultivate alternatives to mainstream social media and curious about what’s been going on over here while the old invisible hand has been royally mucking things up elsewhere. 👋🏻