Michael
@unprovoked.net
Married cat person, bureaucrat, union steward and board member, longtime listener. Previously: bookseller, roller derby official, machine operator, broadcaster, pizza guy, fry cook, and dog walker. Most of the time I just stare at the sky. #LNK #1U
Awake for the sixth time since going to bed. I believe that I have completed all the tasks our cat has commanded of me and that I will be allowed to sleep until treat time (in two hours).
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Awake for the sixth time since going to bed. I believe that I have completed all the tasks our cat has commanded of me and that I will be allowed to sleep until treat time (in two hours).
Ending it that way, too. Real nice.
Starting the day real mad, that's great.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Ending it that way, too. Real nice.
Adjacent to this, some favorites among cover versions include Fiona Apple's "Across the Universe," Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Dear Prudence," and Nan Vernon's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (which I would have missed if not for a college radio gig in another lifetime).
Name your fav song by The Beatles.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Adjacent to this, some favorites among cover versions include Fiona Apple's "Across the Universe," Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Dear Prudence," and Nan Vernon's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (which I would have missed if not for a college radio gig in another lifetime).
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If you like books but wish they were cheaper, allow me to introduce you to: Used books.
If you like second-hand books but wish they were free: Libraries.
If you like reading but can't get to a used bookstore and won't support the library (it knows what it did!): Scroll X and go slowly insane
If you like second-hand books but wish they were free: Libraries.
If you like reading but can't get to a used bookstore and won't support the library (it knows what it did!): Scroll X and go slowly insane
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If you like books but wish they were cheaper, allow me to introduce you to: Used books.
If you like second-hand books but wish they were free: Libraries.
If you like reading but can't get to a used bookstore and won't support the library (it knows what it did!): Scroll X and go slowly insane
If you like second-hand books but wish they were free: Libraries.
If you like reading but can't get to a used bookstore and won't support the library (it knows what it did!): Scroll X and go slowly insane
Short thread to follow. 1/
Name your fav song by The Beatles.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Short thread to follow. 1/
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Honestly you're not a real Marxist and are just an unserious Puritan if you think that it's revolutionary to ask people to work for you for free in a system where that "for free" doesn't come with a UBI or free food, housing, and healthcare for the worker
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Honestly you're not a real Marxist and are just an unserious Puritan if you think that it's revolutionary to ask people to work for you for free in a system where that "for free" doesn't come with a UBI or free food, housing, and healthcare for the worker
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At the newsletter: The Epstein shit is... a lot, right? In fact, everything in the news is sort of A Lot in the exact same way right now. Isn't it? Are you seeing it, too? I'm seeing it: jude-doyle.ghost.io/yeah-im-seei...
Yeah, I'm Seeing It Too
In which I am driven mad by the revelations.
jude-doyle.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
At the newsletter: The Epstein shit is... a lot, right? In fact, everything in the news is sort of A Lot in the exact same way right now. Isn't it? Are you seeing it, too? I'm seeing it: jude-doyle.ghost.io/yeah-im-seei...
Starting the day real mad, that's great.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Starting the day real mad, that's great.
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Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
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Apple pie tastes better with cheddar cheese on it — there I said it and I’m right.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Apple pie tastes better with cheddar cheese on it — there I said it and I’m right.
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If you work at somewhere that publishes incarcerated writers, I recommend you check out @penamerica.bsky.social's list of stories it claims to have helped facilitate. If it's a false claim, as it was with all of @prismreports.org's reporting, I suggest you ask that they remove your work.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you work at somewhere that publishes incarcerated writers, I recommend you check out @penamerica.bsky.social's list of stories it claims to have helped facilitate. If it's a false claim, as it was with all of @prismreports.org's reporting, I suggest you ask that they remove your work.
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I'm happy to share a new pamphlet that features the 12 publications in my Archival Activations series!!! 5 of them are available to view online: issuu.com/projectnia/d...
Archival Activations 2023-2025
issuu.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm happy to share a new pamphlet that features the 12 publications in my Archival Activations series!!! 5 of them are available to view online: issuu.com/projectnia/d...
By this time yesterday it was already 2:30 in the afternoon, but right now we've barely reached 10:00 a.m. I can already tell that tomorrow will involve a lot of staring at my desk so it looks like I'm working.
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
By this time yesterday it was already 2:30 in the afternoon, but right now we've barely reached 10:00 a.m. I can already tell that tomorrow will involve a lot of staring at my desk so it looks like I'm working.
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It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
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Happy Flytrap Tuesday! We are really honored to post this one, a comic in the Anishinaabemowin language about the Aadizookaan spirit, a foundational story to Indigenous trans identity.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Berdache
A comic by Shaawan Francis Keahna and Waabanokiizhick Mandosking.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Flytrap Tuesday! We are really honored to post this one, a comic in the Anishinaabemowin language about the Aadizookaan spirit, a foundational story to Indigenous trans identity.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
Written by Waabanokiizhick Mandosking, illustrated by Shaawan Francis Keahna.
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Did you know Starbucks is the biggest labor-law violator in modern U.S. history, and Colorado workers are now filing even more complaints?
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
The coffee giant shuttered a store in Colorado Springs in 2022 shortly after its workers voted to unionize. A federal agency later ordered Starbucks to reopen that store, along with 22 others.
seiu.co
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Did you know Starbucks is the biggest labor-law violator in modern U.S. history, and Colorado workers are now filing even more complaints?
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
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In 1978, immigrant workers and unions stopped an immigration raid at the Sbicca shoe factory in East Los Angeles, setting a major legal precedent and showing how labor solidarity can defend against deportations.
Labor Solidarity Defends Against Deportations
In 1978, immigrants won a long fight with U.S. Border Patrol after a raid meant to union-bust.
inthesetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In 1978, immigrant workers and unions stopped an immigration raid at the Sbicca shoe factory in East Los Angeles, setting a major legal precedent and showing how labor solidarity can defend against deportations.
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The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
Metric, "Risk" – the algorithm knows me all too well. youtu.be/uly3S2KjUf4?...
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Metric, "Risk" – the algorithm knows me all too well. youtu.be/uly3S2KjUf4?...
Me crashing out in slow motion over the next six weeks. It's fine. It'll be fine.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Me crashing out in slow motion over the next six weeks. It's fine. It'll be fine.
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It's DAY 12 of our national, open-ended ULP strike.
Thousands of baristas in over 65 cities are on strike demanding higher wages, better hours, and an end to union-busting. And we're just getting started 🔥
Thousands of baristas in over 65 cities are on strike demanding higher wages, better hours, and an end to union-busting. And we're just getting started 🔥
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's DAY 12 of our national, open-ended ULP strike.
Thousands of baristas in over 65 cities are on strike demanding higher wages, better hours, and an end to union-busting. And we're just getting started 🔥
Thousands of baristas in over 65 cities are on strike demanding higher wages, better hours, and an end to union-busting. And we're just getting started 🔥
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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Our winter coat drive is back! Starting Monday November 24th running until January 5th, we're working with @legendcomicsandcoffee to collect cold weather gear for our neighbors.
We're looking for clean, lightly used or new coats, gloves, hats, scarves, blankets and other cold weather supplies.
We're looking for clean, lightly used or new coats, gloves, hats, scarves, blankets and other cold weather supplies.
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Our winter coat drive is back! Starting Monday November 24th running until January 5th, we're working with @legendcomicsandcoffee to collect cold weather gear for our neighbors.
We're looking for clean, lightly used or new coats, gloves, hats, scarves, blankets and other cold weather supplies.
We're looking for clean, lightly used or new coats, gloves, hats, scarves, blankets and other cold weather supplies.
Found a good holiday feast read at my public library. #BookSky @richardkadrey.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Found a good holiday feast read at my public library. #BookSky @richardkadrey.bsky.social
Inside me there are two reviews of Edgar Wright's The Running Man (2025).
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Inside me there are two reviews of Edgar Wright's The Running Man (2025).