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jenn schiffer 🕷️🕯️

@jennschiffer.com

i just keep getting hotter and smarter

April 28, 2023 at 10:49 PM

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DaisyFM ✒︎

@daisyfm.net

SPREAD THE WORD!!!

minneapolisunions.org/system/files...

January 16, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Stacie Balkaran - stacie@minneapolisunions.org / 971.291.9486

MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM
NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with regional bodies throughout the state, including the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation, the West Area Labor Council, the North East Area Labor Council and the East Central Labor Council, have joined in solidarity to endorse a powerful unified statewide action on January 23: Day of Truth and Freedom. The Minnesota labor movement is united against the violent ICE occupation of our beloved cities that has directly impacted union members, our workplaces, and our families.
Workers are essential for our communities to function. Since the ICE campaign of terror began, both immigrant and non-immigrant workers have feared for their safety when going to work, being at work, and coming home from work. Union members and our families are being illegally detained at alarming rates, with workplaces and schools facing increased challenges.

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, President of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, shared why union federations are joining this call:
Working people, our schools and our communities are under attack. Union members are being detained commuung to and from work. teanno apart families. Parents are being forced to stay home, students held out of school, fearing for their lives, all while the employer class remains silent. Our labor federations are encouraging everyone to particioate on January 23rd. It's time for every single Minnesotan who loves this state and the notion of truth and freedom to raise their voices and deepen their soldanty for our neighbors and coworkers living under this federal occupation.

Unions join the demands for the day that call for:

• ICE must leave Minnesota now.
• The agent who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable.
• No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE be investigated for human and constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors.
• Minnesotan and national companies to become 4th Amendment Businesses — cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds.

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The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO is the umbrella organization of Minneapolis-area local unions and includes 175+ affiliated unions representing over 80,000 working people across seven Minnesotan counties. www.minneapolisunions.org

January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM

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Willa

@willawillnot.bsky.social

If you can, please join me in helping my friend Heather afford the legal costs to fight a horrendously unjust custody decision. She is a close personal friend and an absolutely phenomenal mother, fighting exactly the type of bullshit you think it is.

gofund.me/f01031a47

Donate to Justice for Heather and Her Child, organized by Heather Turnbow

Hi! I'm Heather and I love being a mom because I love my kid. I need funds … Heather Turnbow needs your support for Justice for Heather and Her Child

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January 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM

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Neven Mrgan

@mrgan.com

As cynical as I am about this, I emailed Tim Cook today. Maybe someone will read it… and feel something? Anything?

$I'm writing to you regarding the ongoing abuse fostered by the X and Grok apps, available in your App Store. I'm sure you're well aware of which particular problem I'm talking about — frankly, it's so awful that I hesitate to even describe it in polite terms. You should remove this app from your store, cease to advertise on their platform, and look to distance your business from theirs in every possible way. This is imperative for moral reasons; your own Legal department can advise you why it may also be so for defensive ones. I've been a developer in Apple's ecosystem for twenty years. I have an Apple Design Award, and l've contributed to many projects that have received that award, as well as other forms of recognition by Apple. Today, I'm embarrassed to even say so. It is not a badge of honor, I assure you. In those two decades, I've seen a number of apps and projects get shut down, publicly criticized, and legislated against by Apple, for infractions ranging from minor IP violations to dubious security concerns, or plain arbitrary judgment calls made by your employees. It's often been frustrating, which is understandable - running a business is hard. It is not so hard that you must wring your hands on the issue of X and their disgusting behavior. Apple has often made a decisive stand on ethical matters, and never has the answer been clearer than on this. You know what the right move here is: remove the app now. Your company is strong enough that you can take whatever monetary or PR repercussions you fear. If you choose not to do this, please think about every real, living human being whose abuse you are supporting. I mean truly, actually try to embody their pain and anxiety. I hope you do the obvious thing here.$

January 10, 2026 at 3:19 AM

Carlana

@carlana.net

@andrewpope.bsky.social here is a picture of you in a Pikachu suit on your birthday getting body slammed to the ground by two women. It is one of my favorite pictures.

Andrew Pope in a Pikachu suit on his birthday getting body slammed to the ground by two women

January 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM

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Baltimore Banner

@thebaltimorebanner.com

Maryland professors were targeted by Charlie Kirk. Now what?

After Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, some of his professor targets in Maryland worry for their own safety and feel anxious about the climate of distrust he sowed among young people.

buff.ly

September 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM

Carlana

@carlana.net

I will be at #SRCCON this week. Say hi if you are in Minneapolis!

July 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM

Carlana

@carlana.net

Welp, I’ve had my first friend flee the country.

June 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM

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Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️‍⚧️

@snapdragoness.itch.io

Genuine gender euphoria can come out of play. A salve in a cruel world.

(Also, my first by line!)

#trans #gamedesign #hci

theconversation.com/video-games-...

Video games can help trans players feel seen and safe. It all starts with design

New research highlights how game makers can design for trans-inclusivity – because if we want trans joy in the world, we will have to design for it.

theconversation.com

June 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM

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Jason Lengstorf

@jason.energy

what if bad at make question?

June 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

i, of course, welcome my haters

June 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM

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The Washington Post Tech Guild

@wapotechguild.bsky.social

It's official: the ballots have been counted and we have officially been recognized as the Washington Post Tech Guild by the NLRB! In a 171-38 BLOWOUT vote, we voiced loudly that our union is important to us. That's 81%!

May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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DaisyFM ✒︎

@daisyfm.net

Being trans is the most wonderful thing to be in the world and nothing the transmisogynists in Washington do or say can change that.

May 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM

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Tyler Fisher

@tylerjfisher.com

@19thnews.org is looking for a full stack engineer. This team is the best, and you want this role. Check it out. 19thnews.org/full-stack-e...

We’re hiring a full stack engineer - The 19th

We're hiring a full stack engineer to build products and internal tools in support of our mission to empower those we serve — particularly women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community — with the inf...

19thnews.org

May 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM

Carlana

@carlana.net

Does anyone here have experience using #Twine or other #interactivefiction tools that output to HTML+JS?

May 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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The Washington Post Tech Guild

@wapotechguild.bsky.social

Our ballots are out and we are voting YES!

Our friends at @nytguildtech.bsky.social shared their support for our union and why they unionized!

May 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Carlana

@carlana.net

@simonwillison.net Our Datasette Cloud instance isn't loading. Are you having an outage?

May 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM

Carlana

@carlana.net

You know XKCD, that fun little nerd stick figure comic we all love to use as clip art for our fun little nerd talks? It just posted a political comic. I think I'm going to cry.

PhD Timeline

xkcd.com

April 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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Lana Moon Reads

@lanamoon.space

This week, Lana Moon reads the poem Short Talk on Pain by Anne Carson.

#poetry #asmr #poem #poetry #annecarson #pain #nature #green #billboard #humorjokes

Short Talk on Pain by Anne Carson

YouTube video by Lana Moon Reads

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April 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM

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Washington-Baltimore News Guild

@wbng.org

NEW: It's official, hundreds of workers at the @wapotechguild.bsky.social are ready to win their union!

Sign this petition and let management know that these workers DESERVE voluntary recognition.
🔗 bit.ly/WAPOTECH