Stringlady
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NYC to CNY (with a brief stop in NC) and making a new life.
Actually, what this also confirms is that SAG already did that strike and won protection for its members. (Initially, at least, about video games.)
We need to be proactive.
We need to be proactive.
This quote is rich and verbatim confirms that Iger and Disney literally don’t see artists as creatives or creators.
December 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Actually, what this also confirms is that SAG already did that strike and won protection for its members. (Initially, at least, about video games.)
We need to be proactive.
We need to be proactive.
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It's International Anti-Corruption Day.
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's International Anti-Corruption Day.
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
Some of Trump’s most blatant acts of corruption are well-known by now—the crypto coin; the pardons for friends and donors.
Less known are a series of corrupt policy moves that are raising costs for you and your family.
Some examples ⬇️
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Yf thou knowest, thou knowest.
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yf thou knowest, thou knowest.
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It's astounding to contemplate that for tens of millions of Americans, what was traumatic about the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't the millions of illnesses and deaths; it was that they were being told what to do.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's astounding to contemplate that for tens of millions of Americans, what was traumatic about the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't the millions of illnesses and deaths; it was that they were being told what to do.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
I'm convinced that that's what this bullshit is about.
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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Want to support striking workers?
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.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 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Want to support striking workers?
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
✅Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge! We'll send you updates and calls to action: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅Tell your friends and family to NOT BUY STARBUCKS (and that includes gift cards!)
✅Consider supporting our strike fund! sbworkersunited.org
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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Here are the particulars!
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Here are the particulars!
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
The state universities, and the Land Grant ones.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The state universities, and the Land Grant ones.
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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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That's the whole point of the cost of living crisis: if you have a full-time job, you shouldn't have to be constantly worried about the specter of homelessness.
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That's the whole point of the cost of living crisis: if you have a full-time job, you shouldn't have to be constantly worried about the specter of homelessness.
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
And that's the whole crux of the "is the economy good or bad?" question: if the companies are doing well, then why aren't employees?
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Professor Noah Feldman was my classmate twice over. He is one of the more brilliant minds I have ever encountered. I love how he lays it plain here.
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Professor Noah Feldman was my classmate twice over. He is one of the more brilliant minds I have ever encountered. I love how he lays it plain here.
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
Because nothing says Freedom of Religion like raiding a church during Mass in Advent- or better yet, on Christmas!
"Agencies within the DHS, including ICE and CBP, intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Because nothing says Freedom of Religion like raiding a church during Mass in Advent- or better yet, on Christmas!
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Just watched the interview Terry Gross did with @kenlburns.bsky.social about the new documentary The American Revolution premiering tonight. I'm paraphrasing, but one of the things he said was that another way of saying DEI is e pluribus unum.
I may put that on a sign for this week's protest.
I may put that on a sign for this week's protest.
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Just watched the interview Terry Gross did with @kenlburns.bsky.social about the new documentary The American Revolution premiering tonight. I'm paraphrasing, but one of the things he said was that another way of saying DEI is e pluribus unum.
I may put that on a sign for this week's protest.
I may put that on a sign for this week's protest.
In Ithaca, NY, several years ago, 3 Starbucks unionized. Over roughly the next year, all 3 were closed.
I haven't set foot in a Starbucks since...
(Ok, here that's not usually a problem, but when migraine hits I need a seat and coffee ASAP. I had to find options. I did.)
I haven't set foot in a Starbucks since...
(Ok, here that's not usually a problem, but when migraine hits I need a seat and coffee ASAP. I had to find options. I did.)
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 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In Ithaca, NY, several years ago, 3 Starbucks unionized. Over roughly the next year, all 3 were closed.
I haven't set foot in a Starbucks since...
(Ok, here that's not usually a problem, but when migraine hits I need a seat and coffee ASAP. I had to find options. I did.)
I haven't set foot in a Starbucks since...
(Ok, here that's not usually a problem, but when migraine hits I need a seat and coffee ASAP. I had to find options. I did.)
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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In response to the Senate deal that fails to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that keep health care affordable for 24 million Americans, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice Executive Director Laurie Carafone issued the following statement:
networklobby.org/news/111025-...
networklobby.org/news/111025-...
NETWORK Statement on Spending Bill that Fails to Extend the Affordable Care Act Tax Credits - NETWORK Lobby
In response to the Senate moving forward with a spending bill that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits that keep health care affordable for 24 million Americans,...
networklobby.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In response to the Senate deal that fails to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that keep health care affordable for 24 million Americans, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice Executive Director Laurie Carafone issued the following statement:
networklobby.org/news/111025-...
networklobby.org/news/111025-...
Two years ago we went to the shelter for a cat.
When we opened the front of his crate, this one climbed right out on to my shoulder. "My person!"
He's curled up against my leg right now.
When we opened the front of his crate, this one climbed right out on to my shoulder. "My person!"
He's curled up against my leg right now.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Two years ago we went to the shelter for a cat.
When we opened the front of his crate, this one climbed right out on to my shoulder. "My person!"
He's curled up against my leg right now.
When we opened the front of his crate, this one climbed right out on to my shoulder. "My person!"
He's curled up against my leg right now.
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This should be getting more attention.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This should be getting more attention.
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell any normies you know who are not completely dialed in like most of us chronically online people are, that yes, we won yesterday, but all we really won was the chance to make things better. The work is not done- you can't just stop and expect shit to be better in 2 years
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell any normies you know who are not completely dialed in like most of us chronically online people are, that yes, we won yesterday, but all we really won was the chance to make things better. The work is not done- you can't just stop and expect shit to be better in 2 years
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What we value...is priceless.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What we value...is priceless.