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John Chadfield
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Unionising tech workers in the UK. National Officer for Tech at Communication Workers Union.
Co-founder of @utaw.tech
Join a union. Get organised.
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drippy next gen tech worker merch

(all available at utaw.shop)
A colourful collection of UTAW (United Tech And Allied Workers) laptop sticckers. A gold and red enamel badge with 'REP' written atop the UTAW binary/shaking hands logo A model in glasses wearing the blue and orange UTAW logo on a black t-shirt.
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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New UTAW stickers just dropped
Four different kinds of stickers with designs for united tech and allied workers, part of the communication workers union
May 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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It's free Palestine at Banners Held High 2025 Wakefield
May 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Gaza Cola finally found in the wild
A picture of two slim cans of Gaza Cola and Diet Gaza Cola, resplendent with logo atop Palestine flags
May 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Founder: Michael O'Food
A bottle of Korean BBQ marinade from a company called 'O'Food'
January 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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I reckon this is the first York Barraclough trailer anyone's ever posted to bluesky
A red 6 wheel agricultural trailer, manufactured by York.
December 22, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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would love to find one of these cuties in a skip right about now
A smol, old computer beige, Sun SPARCstation, small form factor PC from mid '90s
November 23, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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Every time I see this book I always think how grep is also probably a common given name amongst frog folk.
A picture of O'Reilly 'grep picket reference'. The basics for an essential Unix Contents location utility. Tasteful frog illustration on cover.
November 18, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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as this place is the new home of the temporarily embarrassed entrepreneur, worth reading this from Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2024/11/11/r...
You're a worker even if you're well-paid. Tech workers are just figuring this out, after a generation-long con in which bosses convinced techies that they were temporarily embarrassed entrepreneurs who definitely didn't need a union
November 13, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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tech books need to bring back this kind of cover art
Cartoonist depiction of various forlorn characters in a wooden boat, on the cover of Unix and Linux Systems Administration, volume 4. The cover of Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook
September 26, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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experimental tech union merch
September 18, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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Really is the year of the Linux desktop
September 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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This single is 40 years old this year, and I've been alive for 39 of those years. Coincidence?
Original 12" Single of Sade, 'Smooth Operator' from 1984.
August 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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thinking of her
'You're stupid, I like that in a man' from Porco Rosso
August 15, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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good morning
a die-cut sitcker in red and white of a Apple Lisa, with mouse, text on screen reads 'tech needs unions'
February 28, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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don't forget to cut earholes in your kittyclava
A two pane picture of a protestor with a scarf as a mask, accompanied by a small cat in a balaclava
December 9, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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Shutting the internet down in Gaza so the world can't see inside this horror. But we can see.
Three orange mushroom clouds from explosions on a night horizon
October 27, 2023 at 8:33 PM
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Screencap of the legend England fan from last year's world cup who said Free Palestine!
October 21, 2023 at 4:14 PM
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From 2014
Post See new posts Image description Israel's style of public relations Rec ligh SIR-A quick guide to Israel's PR methods: 1. We haven't heard reports of deaths, will check into it; 2. The people were killed, but by a faulty Palestinian rocket/bomb; 3. OK we killed them, but they were terrorists; 4. OK they were civilians, but they were being used as human shields; 5. OK there were no fighters in the area, so it was our mistake. But we kill civilians by accident, they do it on purpose; 6. OK we kill far more civilians than they do, but look at how terrible other countries are! 7. Why are you still talking about Israel? Are you some kind of antisemite? Test this against the next interview you hear or watch. Adam Johannes, Secretary, Cardiff Stop the War Coalition
October 18, 2023 at 3:24 PM
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Logging on
A picture from Monday's pro-Palestine protest in London, a crowd of people waving Palestinian flags
October 11, 2023 at 8:58 AM
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"Received bullet wounds" y'know
Guardian article titled "Gaza strip protestors received bullet wounds to ankles, medics report"
October 7, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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logging on
A screengrab of an episode of the X-Files featuring the Lone Gunman characters looking at a CRT monitor
October 6, 2023 at 8:19 AM
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Its from 2002 so of course, no fucking Ziti
Front page of the Sopranos Family Cookbook (2002)
October 1, 2023 at 2:26 PM
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Actually quite naughty. like spicy ketchup Nik Naks. 7/10
A packet of corn-based snacks from India called Kurkure, 'Naughty Tomato' flavour.
September 26, 2023 at 2:57 PM
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Logging on
Illustrated stamp of a computer operator circa 1980s from a Singapore Trades Union Congress set
September 26, 2023 at 8:13 AM