Steff
@sl-walker.bsky.social
Jack of all trades, master of several. Storyteller, webmaster, archivist, artist, reviewer, wife, mother, activist, etc etc. My favorite poem is Smoke Nights by Carl Sandburg and my favorite author is Norman Maclean.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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I really, REALLY wish people would internalize the absolute stranglehold voter suppression and gerrymandering have over many red states with high BIPOC populations (who reliably vote blue) before consistently writing off these entire states and saying shit like “they deserved it”.
September 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I really, REALLY wish people would internalize the absolute stranglehold voter suppression and gerrymandering have over many red states with high BIPOC populations (who reliably vote blue) before consistently writing off these entire states and saying shit like “they deserved it”.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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GRAHAM PLATNER - Fighting Oligarchy in Portland Maine
YouTube video by Fight Oligarchy
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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from a distance Nate Silver appears to be a long sad story of assimilationist brain, that’s all I see going on when he says he’s the prototype regular guy and people just have to be brave enough to prove it
September 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
from a distance Nate Silver appears to be a long sad story of assimilationist brain, that’s all I see going on when he says he’s the prototype regular guy and people just have to be brave enough to prove it
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Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
September 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
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colleagues in an email Friday that he was submitting what he called an “involuntary resignation.” He explained that ever since his whistleblower complaint became public, the agency’s actions against him amounted to retaliation that ultimately drove him out of his position.
SSA Whistleblower’s Resignation Email Mysteriously Disappeared From Inboxes
Less than 30 minutes after the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer resigned following a whistleblower complaint, recipients could no longer access the resignation email.
www.wired.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
colleagues in an email Friday that he was submitting what he called an “involuntary resignation.” He explained that ever since his whistleblower complaint became public, the agency’s actions against him amounted to retaliation that ultimately drove him out of his position.
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It is time to shut down a proven threat to 21% of the world’s surface freshwater.
Clean water is life 🌊🌊
Clean water is life 🌊🌊
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is time to shut down a proven threat to 21% of the world’s surface freshwater.
Clean water is life 🌊🌊
Clean water is life 🌊🌊
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
boldlyreading.substack.com/p/the-queer-...
A 12000+ and counting labor of love (and queer literary analysis). And it's only the first chapter! #dccomics #boostergold
A 12000+ and counting labor of love (and queer literary analysis). And it's only the first chapter! #dccomics #boostergold
The Queer Reading of Booster Gold: Part I, Chapter 1
That boy can be read as explicitly bent from his inception and now I'm gonna talk about why.🏳️🌈
boldlyreading.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
boldlyreading.substack.com/p/the-queer-...
A 12000+ and counting labor of love (and queer literary analysis). And it's only the first chapter! #dccomics #boostergold
A 12000+ and counting labor of love (and queer literary analysis). And it's only the first chapter! #dccomics #boostergold
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While Wall Street executives rake in $1,769 an hour, the workers who help take care of our kids get paid less than parking lot attendants.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
August 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
While Wall Street executives rake in $1,769 an hour, the workers who help take care of our kids get paid less than parking lot attendants.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
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Another cartoon for my non existent book:
“The Trump Experiment -
A Study of Failure”
August 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Another cartoon for my non existent book:
“The Trump Experiment -
A Study of Failure”
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When they say 'copyright reform', they mean, 'convincing governments to change the law to make it legal to steal from artists, so billionaires don't have to pay'.
Australia is stuck in the “worst of possible worlds” when it comes to AI and the use of local data, according to Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood, arguing that reforms to copyright law could help Australian companies compete globally and strengthen the local AI industry.
Read more:
Read more:
Copyright reform could power local AI industry
Productivity Commissioner says critics have missed the point.
ia.acs.org.au
August 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
When they say 'copyright reform', they mean, 'convincing governments to change the law to make it legal to steal from artists, so billionaires don't have to pay'.
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Something like 1% of people ever ask for validation of alleged debts, and if that figure went up to even 5% it would completely destroy the whole model of debt brokerage (and it NEEDS DESTRUCTION)
August 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Something like 1% of people ever ask for validation of alleged debts, and if that figure went up to even 5% it would completely destroy the whole model of debt brokerage (and it NEEDS DESTRUCTION)
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Adopt A Station share.google/IO8ZQdJARLHC...
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
share.google
August 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Adopt A Station share.google/IO8ZQdJARLHC...
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The hardest lesson from working in entertainment:
The popularity of most shows, books, & other properties is manufactured, not earned
Success is created (or suffocated) by the the people who control the platforms distributing media to the populace
Nothing succeeds on merit alone
The popularity of most shows, books, & other properties is manufactured, not earned
Success is created (or suffocated) by the the people who control the platforms distributing media to the populace
Nothing succeeds on merit alone
July 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The hardest lesson from working in entertainment:
The popularity of most shows, books, & other properties is manufactured, not earned
Success is created (or suffocated) by the the people who control the platforms distributing media to the populace
Nothing succeeds on merit alone
The popularity of most shows, books, & other properties is manufactured, not earned
Success is created (or suffocated) by the the people who control the platforms distributing media to the populace
Nothing succeeds on merit alone
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If you're being snarky about children drowning in a flash flood what the fuck is wrong with you
July 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're being snarky about children drowning in a flash flood what the fuck is wrong with you
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nothing more american than an abandoned toys r us, a company destroyed by private equity, painted with a giant flag mural
July 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
nothing more american than an abandoned toys r us, a company destroyed by private equity, painted with a giant flag mural
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
June 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
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There’s an active investigation into the access DOGE officials gained to federal IT systems. Fortunately, detailed documentation was kept by many along the way. More DOGE “resignations” are expected.
June 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There’s an active investigation into the access DOGE officials gained to federal IT systems. Fortunately, detailed documentation was kept by many along the way. More DOGE “resignations” are expected.
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James: His critics said that he should wait his turn. His critics said that he did not have the experience. His critics said they did not have the right name. Well, now all of them know his god damn name.
June 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
James: His critics said that he should wait his turn. His critics said that he did not have the experience. His critics said they did not have the right name. Well, now all of them know his god damn name.
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is oligarchy. This is obscene.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.
End this oligarchy.
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BREAKING:
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
June 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING:
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers