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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yep, one of the biggest drivers of the elite panic around “wokeness” was the increasing prominence of Black people and particularly Black women in their fields and we’re seeing that coalition rewarded with the targeting of Black workers.
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#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595...
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 23 Nov 1912 anarcho-syndicalist union, Unione Sindacale Italiana, was founded in Modena mainly by radical metal workers, builders, farm workers and miners. It played a key role in both the factory occupation movement and anti-fascist resistance stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9595...
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sunday shows
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
sunday shows
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"We have childcare until 9:30pm so we bundle up, and trundle our middle-aged asses off to Coast Guard Island. Date night in 2025 isn’t as relaxing as it used to be."
Date Night at Coast Guard Island
Date Night, Coast Guard Island, Before 9:30
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"We have childcare until 9:30pm so we bundle up, and trundle our middle-aged asses off to Coast Guard Island. Date night in 2025 isn’t as relaxing as it used to be."
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
A bird flew into the house last night. I screamed and ran out. My husband spoke quietly to the bird and it flew out the front door. According to some superstitions a bird in the house indicates the death of a loved one. Or chance. Hoping for chance 🤞
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A bird flew into the house last night. I screamed and ran out. My husband spoke quietly to the bird and it flew out the front door. According to some superstitions a bird in the house indicates the death of a loved one. Or chance. Hoping for chance 🤞
Autumnal Larch therapy. Portland.
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Autumnal Larch therapy. Portland.
With Scorpio ascendant and in Mars and Venus placements I feel spoken for and to by this. Atwood forever, can't wait to read her memoir.
Q: do you like holding a grudge?
Margaret Attwood : I don't have a choice I'm a Scorpio :)
I'm sorry I don't recall who posted about Scorpio this morning, this just reminded me of that.
Margaret Attwood, not to be fucked with.
Margaret Attwood : I don't have a choice I'm a Scorpio :)
I'm sorry I don't recall who posted about Scorpio this morning, this just reminded me of that.
Margaret Attwood, not to be fucked with.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
With Scorpio ascendant and in Mars and Venus placements I feel spoken for and to by this. Atwood forever, can't wait to read her memoir.
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The only good thing about the ruling class is how much it craves its own obliteration.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The only good thing about the ruling class is how much it craves its own obliteration.
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PSU's Women's Resource Center is meant to be a space of empowerment, but the abrupt firing of its director last spring, and recent staffing changes in other departments, have led to what some say is a "toxic culture shift" within the university.
PSU Fired Women’s Resource Center Director With No Explanation
On a regular work day in late April, Nic Francisco-Kaho’onei, the former director of Portland State University's (PSU) Women’s Resource Center (WRC), was called in for a meeting with their supervisor....
www.portlandmercury.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
PSU's Women's Resource Center is meant to be a space of empowerment, but the abrupt firing of its director last spring, and recent staffing changes in other departments, have led to what some say is a "toxic culture shift" within the university.
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New screenprint from Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes in the shop! Read about their design and printing process: justseeds.org/product/viva...
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New screenprint from Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes in the shop! Read about their design and printing process: justseeds.org/product/viva...
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When the Lakeshore branch of Top Dog shutters, only the original in Berkeley will remain.
Oakland to lose a longtime Lakeshore institution
When the Lakeshore branch of Top Dog shutters, only the original in Berkeley will remain.
oaklandside.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When the Lakeshore branch of Top Dog shutters, only the original in Berkeley will remain.
Love Soft Cell, RIP Dav Ball 🔥
Dave Ball, one half of synth pop band Soft Cell, dies at 66 trib.al/9cvh6I6
Dave Ball, one half of synth pop band Soft Cell, dies at 66
Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond announced his musical partner’s death Thursday.
trib.al
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Love Soft Cell, RIP Dav Ball 🔥
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California labor union proposes ballot measure to tax billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts trib.al/3pb5luO
California labor union proposes ballot measure to tax billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts
Service Employees International Union announced a proposal to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires in California to address federal funding cuts to health care for low-income people.
trib.al
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
California labor union proposes ballot measure to tax billionaires to offset Medicaid cuts trib.al/3pb5luO
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(I say this as I finish revisions on a chapter about anarchist abortion struggles in the 1970s-90s for an edited volume on anarcha-feminism. Anarchists physically defended abortion clinics from fascists as they also taught each other how to perform abortions and other care. Rad!)
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
(I say this as I finish revisions on a chapter about anarchist abortion struggles in the 1970s-90s for an edited volume on anarcha-feminism. Anarchists physically defended abortion clinics from fascists as they also taught each other how to perform abortions and other care. Rad!)
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One lesson from anarchist history is that it's useful to learn to do things yourself/in community rather than relying on the state and corporations. DIY or die, from putting out music to practicing reproductive care to protecting each other from violence to saving the planet.
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
One lesson from anarchist history is that it's useful to learn to do things yourself/in community rather than relying on the state and corporations. DIY or die, from putting out music to practicing reproductive care to protecting each other from violence to saving the planet.
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Hey!! Have you read @eafreem.bsky.social’s fantastic essay yet? If not … do!
If so … do again!
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/cassandra-at...
If so … do again!
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/cassandra-at...
Cassandra at the Abyss
After I had sent a few customers home with Cassandra, I started to feel a bit uneasy. Should I be warning them? Am I obligated to tell adults to brace themselves? Isn’t everyone a little bit mentally ...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hey!! Have you read @eafreem.bsky.social’s fantastic essay yet? If not … do!
If so … do again!
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/cassandra-at...
If so … do again!
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/cassandra-at...
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Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.
October 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.
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We have a new website! It's a monster eating buildings! Hopefully it's friendly! www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
(scroll down and check out the "Oakland in Books" feature! we have fun.)
(scroll down and check out the "Oakland in Books" feature! we have fun.)
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We have a new website! It's a monster eating buildings! Hopefully it's friendly! www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
(scroll down and check out the "Oakland in Books" feature! we have fun.)
(scroll down and check out the "Oakland in Books" feature! we have fun.)
Someone send me to Glasgow
This is THE show - wow!
We’re thrilled to be part of the big Heavenly announcement today as they reveal plans for a new album & tour in the new year! 🦋
We’re overjoyed to be hosting their return to Glasgow on 19/3 with The Orchids and The Cords. 😍
Tickets on sale now! Link in bio. 🎟️
@heavenlyamelia.bsky.social
We’re overjoyed to be hosting their return to Glasgow on 19/3 with The Orchids and The Cords. 😍
Tickets on sale now! Link in bio. 🎟️
@heavenlyamelia.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Someone send me to Glasgow
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Join us this Friday for some Korean food and letter writing! 2775 Cottage Way #15 at 7pm
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Join us this Friday for some Korean food and letter writing! 2775 Cottage Way #15 at 7pm
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The colonial violence that began with the arrival of Christopher Columbus has extended in a continuous pattern right up to today.
The tycoons who erected statues of Columbus did so as part of a ongoing project of erasing Indigenous history and subduing the working class.
crimethinc.com/columbus
The tycoons who erected statues of Columbus did so as part of a ongoing project of erasing Indigenous history and subduing the working class.
crimethinc.com/columbus
“Each Crueler Than the Last”
As protesters tear down statues and "experts" debate their merits, we review the deeds of Christopher Columbus and the tycoon who commissioned the statue of him in modern-day St. Louis.
crimethinc.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The colonial violence that began with the arrival of Christopher Columbus has extended in a continuous pattern right up to today.
The tycoons who erected statues of Columbus did so as part of a ongoing project of erasing Indigenous history and subduing the working class.
crimethinc.com/columbus
The tycoons who erected statues of Columbus did so as part of a ongoing project of erasing Indigenous history and subduing the working class.
crimethinc.com/columbus
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New Celebrate People's History poster in the shop by UK artist Rachael House! "Sisters Uncut" was an ntersectional feminist British direct action group opposed to cuts to UK govt. services for domestic violence victims. justseeds.org/product/sist...
October 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New Celebrate People's History poster in the shop by UK artist Rachael House! "Sisters Uncut" was an ntersectional feminist British direct action group opposed to cuts to UK govt. services for domestic violence victims. justseeds.org/product/sist...