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puppet + podcaster + mass cooperation strategist. spirited by the ghost of samuel langhorne clemens. unwaveringly invested in the common muppet. into chickens. big weirdo. podcast: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1744528?view=condensed

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 16d

the way out of this is two-fold: (1) mass cooperation with our neighbors— a historic DIY effort at the zip code level to ensure sure we’re fed, safe, housed, connected, and have medical care. (2) pervasive noncooperation with this illegitimate regime. 🚨i’ll say it again: hide regime targets now. 🚨

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Conrad Benner @streetsdept.bsky.social · 15h

New sign by Emeyewhisky.

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 19h

Because of course he did. What a creep. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

www.theguardian.com

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There Is No Spoon @neumahn.bsky.social · 23h

Ice Recruitment Video...

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 1h

Our tax dollars are being wasted so the spoiled wealthy white dude can try to get revenge for being caught for his absolute wrong doings.

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 1m

this suggests some level of coordination with amazon, no?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2m

Last month, a Mainer found 250 missing ballots for a GOP-backed referendum in her Amazon package. Republicans quickly pointed to it as proof of election insecurity, but now some suspect the stunt may have been staged by the referendum's own backers. https://bit.ly/42DKdwZ

Mail Ballots Were Found in an Amazon Box in Maine. Some Suspect a Political Dirty Trick.

Read more here...

www.democracydocket.com

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 2h

Lawmakers being big ole whiny whiners about how inconvenient the shutdown is WHILE GETTING PAID are you for real my dudes.

'Make it stop.' For lawmakers, the shutdown feels like purgatory (but with Thai food)

On Capitol Hill, there has been almost no sign of progress toward ending the shutdown. Senators say they aren't even formally negotiating, which begs the question: what are they actually doing?

www.npr.org

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 2h

2S trans prof, currently in federal lawsuit, heartily agrees with every single thing you've said here. whew!

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

If you said less than 4% you would be right.

The corporate HR function is a lot like the NFL, a whole bunch of Black players, very few Black leaders.

So anyway, here is the point of this long winded post:

Black people understand racism to mean the many small but impactful ways

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

dissatisfaction is either their fault or not really all that serious.

But here’s the funny part, given the ENORMOUS number of Black women HR specialists, what do you think the percentage of VPs and senior executives tasked with management of the HR function are Black women.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

decisions are racist or sexist.

And they are not wrong about that.

Many people think the HR function is a service to employees, but it’s NOT.

HR is risk management. It’s purpose is to stave off liability, and to a substantial extent, is also to convince unhappy employees that their

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

You would be shocked at how many HR professionals are minorities (again, particularly Black women).

The reason for that is that many employers believe instinctively that if a Black woman is defending the company’s employment decisions, it becomes much harder to claim those touted as being

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

other Black person was considered for promotion to any other opening. In your mind, is that racist?

Because to the dozens of Black people who worked their asses off and were simply NOT eligible for promotion because the enterprise had its two Black folks, it most certainly was.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

In one of my cases, the enterprise promoted 2 Black people to be senior executives out of 24 positions. Openings in the executive ranks came up regularly, but no Black person was considered for any of those openings until one of the two retired. They were replaced with a Black person and again, no

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 2h

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

influences Black people inside such institutions as much as their white colleagues. Those who succeed and move up are almost always used to contain and subvert the other Black people in the enterprise.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

enterprise is NOT evidence of a lack of racism.

In my work, I do a LOT of confronting of the expectation that Black people (and in particular Black women), must always remain deferential, submissive, productive but NOT authoritative.

I also confront that this type of subversive racism

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

Black people would say it’s racist if the Black people are held to different standards, have to work harder to get promoted, get harsher discipline, get paid less, get fewer opportunities and have to constantly contain their true selves to remain palatable.

Mere presence of Black people in an

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

Black people, on the other hand, define and understand racism far more broadly, because it is the subtle and polite form that most impacts our lives.

White people would look at a business or institution that has a representative distribution of white and Black employees and say it isn’t racist.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

understandings of the concept of racism.

Most white people define racism as racial hatred. To them the KKK and Aryan brotherhood is racist. Obvious open and often violent attacking behavior is racist. And with such a narrow definition of racism, it is easy to exclude a great deal from the term.

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 3h

The niche of my law practice is representing women, minorities and whistleblowers in vindicating their civil rights in employment.

Having done this work for years now, I have come to understand something that I feel like sharing this morning:

White people and Black people have a VERY different

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 22h

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your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 2h

Dead End is such an amazing show. They want it canceled bec it's a jewish trans hero and his brown friends, normalizing acceptance and successfully fighting fascism together.

your weirdo friend @yourweirdofriend.bsky.social · 2h

landlord put out old-timely halloween decorations out front; it's so wholesome. in times like these, i hold onto the truth that what we do in this moment matters, because kids' childhoods + futures are at stake. i'm holding space for child-like innocence + my responsibility to act on their behalf.