Red Nate Silver
@andsern.bsky.social
Left spreadsheet nerd and union organizer
Help us out at Local 39 to raise money to keep organizing student workers at UIC.
@opeiu.org
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@opeiu.org
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ui...
Donate to Support UIC Housing Staff's Union Fight, organized by OPEIU Madison Union
Housing Staff United (HSU) is a union of undergraduate housing employees a… OPEIU Madison Union needs your support for Support UIC Housing Staff's Union Fight
www.gofundme.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Help us out at Local 39 to raise money to keep organizing student workers at UIC.
@opeiu.org
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ui...
@opeiu.org
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ui...
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Come and play
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
May 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Come and play
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
Rednatesilver never dies...I wrote an article examining the UAW's arguments for tariffs. Spoiler alert: I don't think it makes any sense. BLS graphs and data included.
tempestmag.org/2025/04/nati...
tempestmag.org/2025/04/nati...
Nationalism, workers' power, and the myth of auto tariffs
Andy Sernatinger critically assesses Shawn Fain and the UAW’s support for Trump’s tariffs.
tempestmag.org
May 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Rednatesilver never dies...I wrote an article examining the UAW's arguments for tariffs. Spoiler alert: I don't think it makes any sense. BLS graphs and data included.
tempestmag.org/2025/04/nati...
tempestmag.org/2025/04/nati...
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So you’re saying we could solve all the financial problems of 379 million of us and impact just 19 households. What an interesting fact. Fun little bit of trivia.
The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
April 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So you’re saying we could solve all the financial problems of 379 million of us and impact just 19 households. What an interesting fact. Fun little bit of trivia.
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8.1 MILLION public sector workers lack OSHA coverage. Their injury and illness rate was 79% higher than private sector workers.
Read our full Death on the Job report: aflcio.org/reports/dotj...
Read our full Death on the Job report: aflcio.org/reports/dotj...
April 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
8.1 MILLION public sector workers lack OSHA coverage. Their injury and illness rate was 79% higher than private sector workers.
Read our full Death on the Job report: aflcio.org/reports/dotj...
Read our full Death on the Job report: aflcio.org/reports/dotj...
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The full verdict is now in and it is HUGE
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
Breaking: French far-right leader Le Pen banned from running for office after conviction
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her eight co-defendants have been found guilty of embezzlement, and the court has imposed a ban on holding public office - to take effect immediately.
www.thelocal.fr
March 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The full verdict is now in and it is HUGE
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
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SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
SESAME STREET WORKERS ARE UNIONIZING!!! ✊
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
This morning, workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street delivered their letter asking for voluntary recognition to management!
Read all about it: www.opeiulocal153.org/news/employe...
I'd call that a measure of the "sigh of the oppressed creature" in the US.
February 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'd call that a measure of the "sigh of the oppressed creature" in the US.
OPEIU 39 organizing housing workers at UIC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJP0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJP0...
UIC undergraduate housing workers make history
YouTube video by OPEIU Local 39
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
OPEIU 39 organizing housing workers at UIC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJP0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJP0...
tempestmag.org/2025/01/dsa-... A Red Nate Silver production
DSA never recovered from Bowman
A diagnosis of the numbers and an analysis of DSA’s rise and decline
tempestmag.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
tempestmag.org/2025/01/dsa-... A Red Nate Silver production
I know I’m doing something stupid when I say yo myself, “Heh heh, I’m funny.”
January 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I know I’m doing something stupid when I say yo myself, “Heh heh, I’m funny.”
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the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
eattherichtextformat.github.io
December 7, 2024 at 12:54 PM
the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Correct position. Don’t wait.
December 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Correct position. Don’t wait.
A judge ruled that the 2011 law revoking collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin public employees is unconstitutional. This is good. But now there are political machinations about what comes next from labor, the Legislature, and the Democrats. 1/6
captimes.com/news/governm...
captimes.com/news/governm...
Dane County judge strikes more than 60 sections of Act 10
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Frost struck down more than 60 sections of the law crafted by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker that limited union powers for many.
captimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A judge ruled that the 2011 law revoking collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin public employees is unconstitutional. This is good. But now there are political machinations about what comes next from labor, the Legislature, and the Democrats. 1/6
captimes.com/news/governm...
captimes.com/news/governm...
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Yoon withdrew his plans for martial law after the main trade union confederation began an "indefinite strike".
Yoon is notoriously anti-union and has tried to impose a more authoritarian regime since he came to power in 2022 (with a 0.8% margin by the way).
Lesson to learn: #UnionPower
Yoon is notoriously anti-union and has tried to impose a more authoritarian regime since he came to power in 2022 (with a 0.8% margin by the way).
Lesson to learn: #UnionPower
Biggest umbrella labor group to go on indefinite strike until Yoon steps down
Korea's largest umbrella labor group, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), vowed Wednesday to go on an indefinite strike until President Yoon Suk Yeol steps down to take responsibility for...
m.koreatimes.co.kr
December 4, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Yoon withdrew his plans for martial law after the main trade union confederation began an "indefinite strike".
Yoon is notoriously anti-union and has tried to impose a more authoritarian regime since he came to power in 2022 (with a 0.8% margin by the way).
Lesson to learn: #UnionPower
Yoon is notoriously anti-union and has tried to impose a more authoritarian regime since he came to power in 2022 (with a 0.8% margin by the way).
Lesson to learn: #UnionPower
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Means TV is a left streaming media project. They have some classic documentaries and other stuff that’s worth subscribing.
means.tv?referral_cod...
means.tv?referral_cod...
Home Page
Means TV Home page
means.tv
November 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Means TV is a left streaming media project. They have some classic documentaries and other stuff that’s worth subscribing.
means.tv?referral_cod...
means.tv?referral_cod...
The labor responses I’ve seen to Trump’s reelection are either a) complete disaster or b) total capitulation
November 25, 2024 at 5:16 PM
The labor responses I’ve seen to Trump’s reelection are either a) complete disaster or b) total capitulation
The twitter algorithm was built to show you things it expected to piss you off as a way of increasing “engagement”. Not an accident
I was skeptical of the “X is slowly cooking your brain” discourse because I don’t think my ideological worldview has shifted much, but having now experienced both Bluesky and X I think the big difference is I got used to fighting/provocation as the standard “tone” of posting without realizing it.
November 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The twitter algorithm was built to show you things it expected to piss you off as a way of increasing “engagement”. Not an accident
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Well, now I know we made the right decisions
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Well, now I know we made the right decisions
My spirit animal is Garth Algar
November 22, 2024 at 7:55 PM
My spirit animal is Garth Algar
Shit, can I export my block list from twitter? I spent years building that sucker.
November 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Shit, can I export my block list from twitter? I spent years building that sucker.
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We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”