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Karen Mahtin
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Enby queer mom, anarchist, would-be (organic) farmer, wingnut, US health "care" consumer. Antifa member. Interests include: Palestine, immigration, weather, fires, native plants, books, cats, community, music, cannabis. Waltham HS, Brandeis, SRJC. No $ dms
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Karen Mahtin @karenmahtin.bsky.social · Sep 18
I was added to their list of antifa/antifascist in bio. I feel unsafe. Friends, I am also on other social media sites. Please join them and/or message me for info
Photo of the home page of an account. Today i received a message that this account, Automated Moderation Lists, added me to their list of people who have antifa or antifascist in their bios. I wrotenthatbthis makes me feel unsafe
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indybay.org
[New Feature] Union Starbucks Baristas Launch Nationwide Strike
Union Starbucks Baristas Launch Nationwide Strike
On November 13, over one thousand union baristas launched a “Red Cup Rebellion” unfair labor practice strike protesting Starbucks’ union busting and failure to finalize a fair union contract. The open-ended strike begins with 65 stores across 40+ cities and comes after six months of Starbucks refusing to offer new proposals to address workers’ demands for better staffing, higher pay, and resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges.
www.indybay.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
November 13th-19th is Trans Awareness Week.
4 frame comic. characters are saying : November 13th marks the beginning of Trans Awareness Week. at least one in ten humans are trans, non-binary or gender non-conforming. Most of them on the planet don't have the privilege of safely transitioning or expressing themselves authentically. Making spaces explicitly inclusive of gender diversity can be the difference between life and death.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Today in #LaborHistory 11/16/1989: 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper & her daughter were assassinated in #ElSalvador. Advocates of a negotiated settlement btwn govt & #FMLN #guerillas. 9 soldiers tried. Only 2 convicted. Released in 1993 by new rt-wing govt.
Rose Garden at UCA, El Salvador. The place where the victims were killed on 16 November 1989. By Johan Bergström-Allen - Archbishop Romero Trust - https://www.flickr.com/photos/archbishopromerotrust/13122600035/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39093824
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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transform6789.bsky.social
NYT article on the State Dept designation of four foreign “antifa” groups as terrorists. FINALLY someone points out that three of them are simply not “antifa” at all, while the fourth is not a structured group.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
As Trump Targets Antifa in U.S., Rubio Labels European Groups as Terrorists
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
Ugh do I give my email address so I can read this? The chance of me reading emails from any new-to-me publication are low, so this would somehow benefit them more than me www.coyotemedia.org/perimenopaus...
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
Straight from the picket line in Dallas, TX - why are Starbucks workers organizing for a better workplace? #NoContractNoCoffee
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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pjcsoco.org
No Trillionaires Day of Action
Tesla shareholders have just approved a $1 trillion package for Elon. But whether he gets it is up to all of us.
#TeslaTakedown
🗓️Sat Nov 15, 11a-1p 📍3286 Airway Dr., Santa Rosa
www.mobilize.us/indivisibles...
No Trillionaires Day of Action · Indivisible Sonoma County
Elon Musk is destroying democracy around the world, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. Tesla shareholders have just approved a $1 trillion package for Elon. But whether he gets it...
www.mobilize.us
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
One of those Sonoma County culture things :)
pjcsoco.org Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County @pjcsoco.org · 4d
Winterblast 2025 - Today!
An all inclusive kick-off to the Holiday Season. The SofA parades were started by the local artists in the district as a fun way to bring attention to an overlooked area of town. Art, Music, Food, Sofas!
🗓️Sat Nov 15, 3-8p 📍SOFA Arts District, SR
winterblastsantarosa.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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ataconnect.bsky.social
It is time! ATA is facing a rent emergency, and we need your support to remain at 992 Valencia! Donations in any amount matter!

¡Viva ATA!
ATA Rent Emergency
Artists Television Access has served artists for 40 years with a radical approach to access. Our storefront microcinema at 992 Valencia Street has served thousands of artists across all points of…
www.every.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
this sure is a big distraction from whatever else is in those files
zogren.bsky.social Zara Ogren @zogren.bsky.social · 4d
Sometimes the news is really confusing "Epstein had said he was with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, he should “ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba.”" I mean nothing illegal if it were consensual but if that why he doesnt want the files revealed www.advocate.com/politics/tru...
Bizarre Epstein files reference to Trump, Putin, and oral sex with ‘Bubba’ draws scrutiny in Congress
"Is it a joke? Is it not? Who’s he talking about? We don’t know,” U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia said about the peculiar discovery in an interview with The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
I'm worried that I'll have to burst some coworkers' bubbles this next week. Or, worse, that they will still go in because there aren't many coffee places near our workplace! Or that i'd find out they benefit from our union's wins without contributing $ to help pay for them
rickinnis.bsky.social Rick Innis @rickinnis.bsky.social · 4d
Don’t cross picket lines, don’t be a scab, get your coffee somewhere else and let *$ know why.

#NoContractNoCoffee
sbworkersunited.org Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 6d
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
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Omg
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
The new #library in #Roseland #SantaRosa #SonomaCounty is gonna be so awesome. A year and almost a half is a long time, sigh
sonomalibrary.bsky.social Sonoma County Library @sonomalibrary.bsky.social · 13d
Work has officially begun on the new Roseland Regional Library! Anticipated opening date is March 2027 🤩
sonomalibraryfoundation.org/roseland/

#SonomaCountyLibrary #BibliotecasDeSonoma #LibrariesAreForEveryone
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:

- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
As a Black Hawk helicopter roared overhead, the slender, 28-year-old immigrant from Venezuela answered softly, his eyes darting to a television crew invited to film the raid. Next to Caicedo, masked Border Patrol agents inspected another man’s tattoos and asked him if he belonged to Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that the Trump administration has designated a terrorist group. Until that moment, Caicedo’s only interaction with law enforcement in his two-and-a-half years in the United States had been a traffic stop two weeks earlier for driving without a license or insurance, according to the records we reviewed. Chicago police had run a background check on him and found no prior arrests, no warrants and no evidence that he was in a gang. Caicedo said he had a pending asylum application, a steady job at a taco joint and a girlfriend whose daughter attended elementary school across the street. None of that mattered. The U.S. government paraded him and his neighbors in front of the cameras and called their arrests a spectacular victory against terrorism. But later, after the cameras had gone, prosecutors didn’t charge Caicedo with a crime. They didn’t accuse him of being a terrorist. And after a brief hearing in immigration court, the government sent him back to the country he had fled nine years earlier. “I lost everything,” he said in a phone interview from his mother’s home in the Venezuelan city of Valencia. “For those fools, everyone from Venezuela is a criminal.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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localnewsmatters.bsky.social
The train reportedly lost control while traveling at 50 mph before coming to a stop. Muni has blamed the incident on operator fatigue.
localnewsmatters.org/2025/11/12/i...
In video, driver appears to doze off moments before N-Judah Muni train goes out of control - Local News Matters
More than a month after a Muni N-Judah train lost control and jolted riders during a morning commute, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is
localnewsmatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
I'm really confused by these websites that are like, "you can have us delete or not use the info we have about you, but first you have to tell us that info so we can 'verify' that it's really you (or, really, fill in the blanks we have in your profile)"
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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asianlawcaucus.org
"Detainees at an immigration detention center in California City have sued ICE, alleging the facility is polluted by sewage leaks, infested with bugs and is denying people access to food, water and their lawyers." Read more:
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
ICE opened a detention center in a former California prison. Detainees are suing over conditions inside
Immigrants in California's newest ICE detention center allege they're experiencing inhumane conditions and that they're not getting access to lawyers. Until recently, the site was a state prison.
calmatters.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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indybay.org
The 28th Annual San Francisco Transgender Film Festival is here!!! Join us for an eclectic mix of films made by and for trans and gender non-conforming folks: docs, dramas, comedies, animations, & more!

Nov 13–15 at Roxie Theater
Nov 16–23 online

Films are closed captioned.
sftff.org
Flyer for the 28th Annual San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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indybay.org
James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social is at #UCBerkeley covering the demonstration outside the #TPUSA event tonight in #Berkeley.

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jwcroxton.bsky.social James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 8d
Heyo! I have just arrived in front of Zellerbach Hall at the University of California, #Berkeley where hundreds of people have gathered to protest Turning Point USA's final your stop tonight.

An arrest of some sort is happening it appears. No idea why. The crowd is irate.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
does he mean batteries? Rare earth minerals... oh, I looked it up and yes, it's not just magnets -- but batteries
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
Well, what else would their God want them to do on their day of rest or workship or whatever?
antizionistjew.bsky.social Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11d
If we are talking about ceasefire violations..

Israeli warplanes carry out violent air strikes early Saturday morning on the populated cities of Gaza & Khan Yunis, in fresh ceasefire violations
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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condeunion.bsky.social Condé Union @condeunion.bsky.social · 12d
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
karenmahtin.bsky.social
It would be nice if @aljazeera.com would let us copy and paste their current "Live Updates" headlines from its front page. There's so much going on in Gaza and the rest of Palestine. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo... Another update: "Israeli army raids, demolishes near surrounded Gaza City"
Israel kills more Palestinians in Gaza as US peace plan presented to UN
Attacks continue in Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza as Israeli forces expand military action beyond 'yellow line'.
www.aljazeera.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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zogren.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE forcibly detains daycare worker amid scrutiny over excessive force use
Videos show ICE agents dragging woman out of Chicago daycare and appearing to slam her face against glass doors
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy
From a friend here, if you're wondering why what the GOP is really saying: "no food stamps until you agree to no insurance"

"Yesterday we got a letter in the mail saying that our insurance in 2026 is going from $226/month to $2984/month. Let that sink in. More than our rent."

#politics
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM