Katie
@swelldame.bsky.social
A swell dame and a tough broad.
A cultured tomato and a punk-ass book jockey.
A cultured tomato and a punk-ass book jockey.
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The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
www.aft.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
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We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers!
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers!
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
It’s time to get it done.
Tell your representatives: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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Today’s strike isn’t just about Starbucks. It’s about a broken system where billionaires & CEOs keep getting richer while the politicians they bankroll gut our wages, healthcare & rights.
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Today’s strike isn’t just about Starbucks. It’s about a broken system where billionaires & CEOs keep getting richer while the politicians they bankroll gut our wages, healthcare & rights.
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
Baristas are fighting for a fair contract and for a more just society. #NoContractNoCoffee
Don’t cross the picket line! #UnionStrong
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Don’t cross the picket line! #UnionStrong
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
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My statement in regard to comments made by State Representative John Gillette of Arizona:
September 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My statement in regard to comments made by State Representative John Gillette of Arizona:
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Great to see our @sagaftrany.bsky.social union siblings today! This is what solidarity looks like! #WorkersDeserve
September 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Great to see our @sagaftrany.bsky.social union siblings today! This is what solidarity looks like! #WorkersDeserve
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New York City is standing up, showing their solidarity and making their voices heard as they fight for freedom, fairness and security for ALL workers!
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New York City is standing up, showing their solidarity and making their voices heard as they fight for freedom, fairness and security for ALL workers!
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As we celebrate Labor Day, President Trump is rolling back the rights of federal workers to organize unions and collectively bargain.
Eliminating these protections is a violation of workers' free speech rights.
Eliminating these protections is a violation of workers' free speech rights.
Trump Moves to Strip More Federal Workers of Union Protections (Gift Article)
The pre-Labor Day order included NASA, the National Weather Service and the agency that oversees Voice of America.
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As we celebrate Labor Day, President Trump is rolling back the rights of federal workers to organize unions and collectively bargain.
Eliminating these protections is a violation of workers' free speech rights.
Eliminating these protections is a violation of workers' free speech rights.
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Today Getty awarded $2.6M to collections across the US through its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative.
These grants aim to increase access to important archival collections across the country with work by Black artists. gty.art/4lFcJot
These grants aim to increase access to important archival collections across the country with work by Black artists. gty.art/4lFcJot
August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today Getty awarded $2.6M to collections across the US through its Black Visual Arts Archives initiative.
These grants aim to increase access to important archival collections across the country with work by Black artists. gty.art/4lFcJot
These grants aim to increase access to important archival collections across the country with work by Black artists. gty.art/4lFcJot
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Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
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A bar hosted a drag show. Now Florida wants a list of names.
You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name
EFF has long warned about this kind of mission creep: where a law or policy supposedly aimed at public safety is turned into a tool for political retaliation or mass surveillance. Going to a drag show...
www.eff.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A bar hosted a drag show. Now Florida wants a list of names.
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1/8
While you were told Congress was leaving until September, Republicans quietly rammed through a bill HR 1319 that could wreck your health care, wages, and retirement.
No debate. No headlines. Just sabotage in the dark.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
While you were told Congress was leaving until September, Republicans quietly rammed through a bill HR 1319 that could wreck your health care, wages, and retirement.
No debate. No headlines. Just sabotage in the dark.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
July 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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While you were told Congress was leaving until September, Republicans quietly rammed through a bill HR 1319 that could wreck your health care, wages, and retirement.
No debate. No headlines. Just sabotage in the dark.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
While you were told Congress was leaving until September, Republicans quietly rammed through a bill HR 1319 that could wreck your health care, wages, and retirement.
No debate. No headlines. Just sabotage in the dark.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
There is no cruelty this administration will not commit.
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There is no cruelty this administration will not commit.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
Shameful decision by the Board to deny the proposal of the representatives.
As educators, we remain steadfast in our commitment to ensuring our schools and campuses are safe and welcoming for all students, regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or identity. Tonight's vote affirms that mission.
Tonight, NEA’s Board of Directors voted not to adopt a proposal that would have, for the first time, dictated who we engage with and what resources we share with our members.
Read my full statement on this vote here: bit.ly/3ID3BmE
Read my full statement on this vote here: bit.ly/3ID3BmE
July 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Shameful decision by the Board to deny the proposal of the representatives.
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July 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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Over on Instagram, I made a handy and highly sharable carousel about how we can still save the Institute of Museum and Library Services, if you'd like to pass that to your friends, family, and networks there, too.
nb: it's "of" and not "for," but I'm not editing.
www.instagram.com/p/DL5UK0KxQbM/
nb: it's "of" and not "for," but I'm not editing.
www.instagram.com/p/DL5UK0KxQbM/
July 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Over on Instagram, I made a handy and highly sharable carousel about how we can still save the Institute of Museum and Library Services, if you'd like to pass that to your friends, family, and networks there, too.
nb: it's "of" and not "for," but I'm not editing.
www.instagram.com/p/DL5UK0KxQbM/
nb: it's "of" and not "for," but I'm not editing.
www.instagram.com/p/DL5UK0KxQbM/
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The Trump administration is once again attacking public education—this time by freezing billions in K-12 funding for the 2025-26 school year. This is lawless, ideological overreach that directly harms students and defies the will of Congress. www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT’s Weingarten on the Trump Administration’s K-12 Funding Freeze
WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the Education Department’s decision to illegally freeze essential funding to states for K-12 programs for the 2025-26 sch...
www.aft.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Trump administration is once again attacking public education—this time by freezing billions in K-12 funding for the 2025-26 school year. This is lawless, ideological overreach that directly harms students and defies the will of Congress. www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Look at the query for a second.
A librarian would ask what they mean by "top" books. A librarian would ask in what genre.
A librarian would actually have a conversation, rather than shit out useless garbage that doesn't ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
A librarian would ask what they mean by "top" books. A librarian would ask in what genre.
A librarian would actually have a conversation, rather than shit out useless garbage that doesn't ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
This shit is embarrassing
Tell Envisionware to GTFO, literally trying to sell an AI agent to libraries
#alaac25
Tell Envisionware to GTFO, literally trying to sell an AI agent to libraries
#alaac25
June 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Look at the query for a second.
A librarian would ask what they mean by "top" books. A librarian would ask in what genre.
A librarian would actually have a conversation, rather than shit out useless garbage that doesn't ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
A librarian would ask what they mean by "top" books. A librarian would ask in what genre.
A librarian would actually have a conversation, rather than shit out useless garbage that doesn't ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION.
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Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.
June 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.
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"The Supreme Court has again ruled to overturn decades of precedent to appease a president hellbent on breaking the law," says AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders responding to SCOTUS's decision to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
AFSCME’s Saunders on SCOTUS decision: We remain undeterred in our commitment to defend our freedoms and democracy
AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions:
www.afscme.org
June 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"The Supreme Court has again ruled to overturn decades of precedent to appease a president hellbent on breaking the law," says AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders responding to SCOTUS's decision to curtail federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
www.afscme.org/press/releas...
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Letter carriers step up every day to uphold our universal service obligation & deliver for 300+ million Americans relying on us—without relying on tax dollars. How does Congress recognize our hard work? Hiking up FERS contributions to 15.6%.
Oh, #HELLNO!
Contact Congress TODAY: nalc.org/action
Oh, #HELLNO!
Contact Congress TODAY: nalc.org/action
June 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Letter carriers step up every day to uphold our universal service obligation & deliver for 300+ million Americans relying on us—without relying on tax dollars. How does Congress recognize our hard work? Hiking up FERS contributions to 15.6%.
Oh, #HELLNO!
Contact Congress TODAY: nalc.org/action
Oh, #HELLNO!
Contact Congress TODAY: nalc.org/action