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Aaron Flavius West
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Space Physicist at UMN, Game Master for 5e, Cypher, and more. Volunteer playtester for MCDM. 🏳️‍🌈 (he/they)
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I think I've got it
Ardashir, the iconic Null Hakaan from the Draw Steel RPG with his head replaced by Big Bird of Sesame Street fame
January 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Seems like the "Xenon" pinball machine?
December 8, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Got to cap off my #GameholeCon by meeting @sskorkowsky.bsky.social and @thiseffingm.bsky.social ! Had to thank them for all their work discussing ttrpgs and design on YT and elsewhere.

I love this con for moments like this, where a fan moment is passing, but the conversations stay with you. 🎭 ✍️
October 20, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Ahhhhh, hype!
Photo of the "Jenny from Thebes" logo on the Mountain Goats stage, pre show
October 16, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Gamehole Con begins tomorrow for me, but tonight we revel and rage with "The Rule of Three" Mountain Goats tour.
Photo of two yellow tickets to the Mountain Goats "Rule of Three" tour at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin.
October 16, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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Tldr:

Instead of bargaining in good faith with graduate assistants, the University has chosen to hide behind bureaucracy and should be ashamed of itself.
umnglu.org
Alt text continued from previous post. Because of the University’s dishonest decision to halt bargaining after 13 months of productive negotiation, graduate assistants must continue to endure low pay, discriminatory fees, and no recourse for abuse in the workplace. Considering the University is the state of Minnesota’s largest employer, the Union believes the Minnesota community should be made aware of the University’s deceitful actions. Instead of bargaining in good faith with graduate assistants, the University has chosen to hide behind bureaucracy and should be ashamed of itself. ########## Contact: graduatelaborunion@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @umnglu https://umnglu.org
October 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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The UMN Graduate Labor Union GLU-UE Local 1105 has released a statement on recent developments in their bargaining with University admin.

The offerings to graduate workers were insultingly bad, and now they retreat into bureaucracy to hide from collective action. 😡
Spread the word, Bsky.
Picture of text: Statement on UMN Graduate Labor Union bargaining MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL/ DULUTH, MN - Since September of 2023, GLU-UE Local 1105, the labor union representing graduate assistants (graduate students who are employed to teach or conduct research) at the University of Minnesota has been negotiating a contract with UMN, fighting for raises, reduced fees, and better workplace protections. The contract being negotiated only applies to employees stipulated in the Public Employment Labor Relations Act (PELRA). In July of 2024, PELRA was amended to include fellows (graduate assistants who are paid through fellowships) in the bargaining unit represented by GLU-UE. The University has refused to comply with the PELRA amendment, stating that fellows are “academic non-employees,” despite having identical job responsibilities to graduate assistants. Coupled with disappointing wage offers and no fee coverage, the union membership overwhelmingly voted not to accept the University’s most recent contract offer, with over 1,900 members voting, 98% of whom voted “NO.” Acknowledging the lack of progress around including fellows in the unit represented by GLU-UE, the union agreed to enter into a joint memorandum of understanding with the University to continue bargaining while the legal question of whether to include fellows is solved through a unit clarification petition filed with the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS). After a bargaining session on the 10th of October, the University went back on their verbal agreement and filed its own unit clarification petition, instead requesting the BMS to suspend all bargaining indefinitely. This petition was granted. After 13 months of progress, graduate assistants, against their will, must now wait for the lengthy unit clarification process to complete before negotiations. The Union can only conclude that this duplicitous action was taken to avert a strike. (Alt tex continued in following post)
October 16, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Badge acquired. Ready for Gamehole Con X gaming on the morrow!
Gamehole Con 4-day badge with "Aaron West" printed in the center, and a small GM dot in the lower right corner. Shiny!
October 19, 2023 at 12:38 AM