Minerva Archer
@minervaarcher.bsky.social
Front-end web dev and union fan/union member. Always striving to learn more & do better with accessibility and progressive enhancement, and with my craft in general. Cat fan.
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As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike.
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
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
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
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This. Also, NCAR doesn't just work on climate! They research weather, atmospheric chemistry and pollutioj, the sun and space weather. They developed the technology for lidar, a technology widely used in surveying, archaeology, forestry, seismology, laser guidance systems, and even self-driving cars.
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This. Also, NCAR doesn't just work on climate! They research weather, atmospheric chemistry and pollutioj, the sun and space weather. They developed the technology for lidar, a technology widely used in surveying, archaeology, forestry, seismology, laser guidance systems, and even self-driving cars.
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Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
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This really is, as Sara says, INSANE memory-holing: Minutes after FCC Chairman Carr told Congress that the FCC "is not" an independent agency (see video below via @atrupar.com), the FCC website started getting scrubbed to remove that description.
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This really is, as Sara says, INSANE memory-holing: Minutes after FCC Chairman Carr told Congress that the FCC "is not" an independent agency (see video below via @atrupar.com), the FCC website started getting scrubbed to remove that description.
Hey @propublica.org, my household has donated monthly for years to fund your journalists’ essential work. We’re not interested in funding stories written by AI, though, so please let us know when we should send our money elsewhere!
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hey @propublica.org, my household has donated monthly for years to fund your journalists’ essential work. We’re not interested in funding stories written by AI, though, so please let us know when we should send our money elsewhere!
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The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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btw the bosses who want employees to be instantly reachable and commandable on their devices, 24/7, work day or not, are the same ones who want people to stop working remotely because "our in-person culture is so important"
Man answering his phone on the train: Yes? Correct, I’m not at work (pause) I’m not going to answer that because I am not at work today. No, you’re going to have to ask someone who is. Goodbye.
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
btw the bosses who want employees to be instantly reachable and commandable on their devices, 24/7, work day or not, are the same ones who want people to stop working remotely because "our in-person culture is so important"
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FYI it's not too late to ship your loved ones a 30 ounce sealed container of high quality canned Cougar Gold cheese straight from the University of Washington and have it arrive before Christmas. nothing says "i love you" like cheese that can be aged indefinitely
creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-chees...
creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-chees...
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
FYI it's not too late to ship your loved ones a 30 ounce sealed container of high quality canned Cougar Gold cheese straight from the University of Washington and have it arrive before Christmas. nothing says "i love you" like cheese that can be aged indefinitely
creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-chees...
creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-chees...
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This was what happened to Newsweek and it’s in the process of happening to the LA Times and the Washington Post, too.
Now look at CBS. Installing Bari Weiss to run a news division isn’t a "pivot to the center." It is a deliberate hollowing out.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
Take a legacy institution, gut its standards, wear its skin like a suit. They don’t want CBS's credibility; they want to destroy the idea that credible news exists at all.
December 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This was what happened to Newsweek and it’s in the process of happening to the LA Times and the Washington Post, too.
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
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[shocked Pikachu face meme]
New: WaPo staff are fuming about the new AI personalized pods, noting they have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary.
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
[shocked Pikachu face meme]
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We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
Never been more relieved to have cancelled my Post subscription
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Never been more relieved to have cancelled my Post subscription
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Fascism Wrapped just dropped in NYC — and more cities are coming soon. Don’t use Spotify until they stop running recruitment ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Fascism Wrapped just dropped in NYC — and more cities are coming soon. Don’t use Spotify until they stop running recruitment ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Also going to take this moment to say again that my mother and her siblings all had the measles before the vaccine was available and they nearly died and anyone telling you not to get it doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.
Antivaxxers will sacrifice your life for their politics
Antivaxxers will sacrifice your life for their politics
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Also going to take this moment to say again that my mother and her siblings all had the measles before the vaccine was available and they nearly died and anyone telling you not to get it doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.
Antivaxxers will sacrifice your life for their politics
Antivaxxers will sacrifice your life for their politics
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Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
Nicole Foy
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Hey folks 👋 I'm the reporter who revealed immigration agents detained 170+ citizens this year
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
My fellowship w/ProPublica has been incredible, but it wraps January. I'm looking for my next gig. Please reach out to share leads & opportunities! nicolemfoy@gmail.com
www.propublica.org/people/nicol...
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
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Horrific and disgusting. British citizens - this is being done in your name, especially those of you who continue to defend the horrors being proposed and perpetuated by Labour.
When will it be enough for you all?
When will it be enough for you all?
The Home Office hopes the deportation of UK-born children will be seamless', a minister has said
Labour minister wants 'seamless' deportation of UK-born children
www.thenational.scot
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Horrific and disgusting. British citizens - this is being done in your name, especially those of you who continue to defend the horrors being proposed and perpetuated by Labour.
When will it be enough for you all?
When will it be enough for you all?
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At CalMatters/The Markup union, we're proud of the AI article we ratified in our contract this year. It ensures that no union employee will be laid off because of AI, guarantees that humans are writing the news you read, and keeps our content from being used to train AI without our consent. 1/2
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
At CalMatters/The Markup union, we're proud of the AI article we ratified in our contract this year. It ensures that no union employee will be laid off because of AI, guarantees that humans are writing the news you read, and keeps our content from being used to train AI without our consent. 1/2
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WATCH: A nurse nearly blinded by a tear gas canister. Protesters trapped, struggling to breathe.
Under Trump 2.0, federal agents have routinely countered protesters using crowd control weapons and fired on people in ways that some experts say might be criminal.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Under Trump 2.0, federal agents have routinely countered protesters using crowd control weapons and fired on people in ways that some experts say might be criminal.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WATCH: A nurse nearly blinded by a tear gas canister. Protesters trapped, struggling to breathe.
Under Trump 2.0, federal agents have routinely countered protesters using crowd control weapons and fired on people in ways that some experts say might be criminal.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Under Trump 2.0, federal agents have routinely countered protesters using crowd control weapons and fired on people in ways that some experts say might be criminal.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.