Jess Kutch
@jesskutch.bsky.social
Dreaming of a 21st century labor movement. Co-founded Coworker.org and Coworker Solidarity Fund. Based in Asheville, NC.
TIL: Tucker Carlson's college yearbook describes him as a member of the "Dan White Society"--an apparent reference to the assassin who murdered San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone.
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
TIL: Tucker Carlson's college yearbook describes him as a member of the "Dan White Society"--an apparent reference to the assassin who murdered San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone.
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California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
June 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
Democrats need a better answer than "there are more important things to discuss right now" when asked what they knew about Biden's health and why they didn't do more to stop him from running again. Like, I dunno, maybe tell the truth? That would shock the hell outta everyone.
May 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Democrats need a better answer than "there are more important things to discuss right now" when asked what they knew about Biden's health and why they didn't do more to stop him from running again. Like, I dunno, maybe tell the truth? That would shock the hell outta everyone.
It honestly never occurred to me that the silly mistakes made by ChatGPT might be purposeful lying by AI.
May 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It honestly never occurred to me that the silly mistakes made by ChatGPT might be purposeful lying by AI.
Cylon war incoming.
"[It's] all systems go...let’s cut the red tape, etc. Let’s basically put AIs in charge of more and more things. But really what’s happening is that the AIs are just biding their time and waiting until they have enough hard power that they don’t have to pretend anymore."
"[It's] all systems go...let’s cut the red tape, etc. Let’s basically put AIs in charge of more and more things. But really what’s happening is that the AIs are just biding their time and waiting until they have enough hard power that they don’t have to pretend anymore."
May 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Cylon war incoming.
"[It's] all systems go...let’s cut the red tape, etc. Let’s basically put AIs in charge of more and more things. But really what’s happening is that the AIs are just biding their time and waiting until they have enough hard power that they don’t have to pretend anymore."
"[It's] all systems go...let’s cut the red tape, etc. Let’s basically put AIs in charge of more and more things. But really what’s happening is that the AIs are just biding their time and waiting until they have enough hard power that they don’t have to pretend anymore."
This whole interview is terrifying and strange.
Opinion | The Forecast for 2027? Total A.I. Domination.
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This whole interview is terrifying and strange.
Kudos to @msnbc.com for hosting a federal worker townhall tonight. We need more of this (and not just facilitated by the media, but unions and community partners, too!).
The American people need to hear directly from federal workers on the vital services and programs being dismantled by DOGE.
The American people need to hear directly from federal workers on the vital services and programs being dismantled by DOGE.
May 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Kudos to @msnbc.com for hosting a federal worker townhall tonight. We need more of this (and not just facilitated by the media, but unions and community partners, too!).
The American people need to hear directly from federal workers on the vital services and programs being dismantled by DOGE.
The American people need to hear directly from federal workers on the vital services and programs being dismantled by DOGE.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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2.14 American employees quit their job for each employee fired by their boss in March, per #JOLTS release today.
This #LaborLeverageRatio proxies for workers' bargaining power in their job, rise from 1.83 driven by 3% rise in quits & 12% fall in layoffs+discharges.
www.upjohn.org/labor-levera...
This #LaborLeverageRatio proxies for workers' bargaining power in their job, rise from 1.83 driven by 3% rise in quits & 12% fall in layoffs+discharges.
www.upjohn.org/labor-levera...
April 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
2.14 American employees quit their job for each employee fired by their boss in March, per #JOLTS release today.
This #LaborLeverageRatio proxies for workers' bargaining power in their job, rise from 1.83 driven by 3% rise in quits & 12% fall in layoffs+discharges.
www.upjohn.org/labor-levera...
This #LaborLeverageRatio proxies for workers' bargaining power in their job, rise from 1.83 driven by 3% rise in quits & 12% fall in layoffs+discharges.
www.upjohn.org/labor-levera...
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Make America(ns get drug-resistant) Gonorrhea Again
“At a time when the world is down to a single drug that can reliably cure gonorrhea, the U.S. government has shuttered the country’s premier sexually transmitted diseases laboratory.”
Hard to properly articulate how monstrous this all is.
Hard to properly articulate how monstrous this all is.
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Make America(ns get drug-resistant) Gonorrhea Again
Federal workers -- help the NYTimes determine whether DOGE is targeting agency FOIA offices
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
Is Your Agency’s FOIA Office Being Shrunk or Cut?
The team that responds to requests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been eliminated. We are trying to determine whether this is a governmentwide pattern.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Federal workers -- help the NYTimes determine whether DOGE is targeting agency FOIA offices
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
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NLRB employees line the sidewalk to welcome back Board Member Gwynne Wilcox at HQ this morning after a federal judge ordered her reinstatement.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
NLRB employees line the sidewalk to welcome back Board Member Gwynne Wilcox at HQ this morning after a federal judge ordered her reinstatement.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
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and as per American tradition by "free markets" we of course mean heavily consolidated and monopolized markets dominated by the biggest, most politically powerful companies, in turn protected by corruption and widespread regulatory capture
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
and as per American tradition by "free markets" we of course mean heavily consolidated and monopolized markets dominated by the biggest, most politically powerful companies, in turn protected by corruption and widespread regulatory capture
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The #Asheville U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist who was fired under the #Trump administration’s federal employee layoffs said his termination was rescinded because his position was deemed “Mission Critical.”
More from @jeff-a-chamer.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
More from @jeff-a-chamer.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
February 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The #Asheville U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist who was fired under the #Trump administration’s federal employee layoffs said his termination was rescinded because his position was deemed “Mission Critical.”
More from @jeff-a-chamer.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
More from @jeff-a-chamer.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/n...
Last night, I discovered that the Trump administration removed a web page honoring Pauli Murray from the NPS website. home.nps.gov/people/pauli...
Thankfully, the page is archived on the WayBackMachine, here: web.archive.org/web/20240712...
Thankfully, the page is archived on the WayBackMachine, here: web.archive.org/web/20240712...
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February 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last night, I discovered that the Trump administration removed a web page honoring Pauli Murray from the NPS website. home.nps.gov/people/pauli...
Thankfully, the page is archived on the WayBackMachine, here: web.archive.org/web/20240712...
Thankfully, the page is archived on the WayBackMachine, here: web.archive.org/web/20240712...
Five months after Helene, and as DOGE fires federal employees tasked with helping WNC recover from Helene, there are still 80 vehicles protruding from Asheville's rivers and streams. EIGHTY.
Source: avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-w...
Source: avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-w...
February 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Five months after Helene, and as DOGE fires federal employees tasked with helping WNC recover from Helene, there are still 80 vehicles protruding from Asheville's rivers and streams. EIGHTY.
Source: avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-w...
Source: avlwatchdog.org/answer-man-w...
Another punch in the gut to everyone living in Western North Carolina.
Asheville was promised $225m in HUD money through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief program to cover critical Helene recovery work. Will we ever see that money? Who will be around to approve it?
Asheville was promised $225m in HUD money through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief program to cover critical Helene recovery work. Will we ever see that money? Who will be around to approve it?
Trump Team Plans Cuts at HUD Office That Funds Disaster Recovery
Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Another punch in the gut to everyone living in Western North Carolina.
Asheville was promised $225m in HUD money through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief program to cover critical Helene recovery work. Will we ever see that money? Who will be around to approve it?
Asheville was promised $225m in HUD money through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Relief program to cover critical Helene recovery work. Will we ever see that money? Who will be around to approve it?
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Thank you to the heroic @afacwa.org flight attendants who helped save the lives of dozens of passengers during yesterday’s plane crash in Toronto.
Listen to your flight attendants. It can save your life.
Listen to your flight attendants. It can save your life.
Aviation’s first responders save lives. Listen to your Flight Attendants.
February 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thank you to the heroic @afacwa.org flight attendants who helped save the lives of dozens of passengers during yesterday’s plane crash in Toronto.
Listen to your flight attendants. It can save your life.
Listen to your flight attendants. It can save your life.
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If you're a federal worker impacted by any of the Trump executive orders, Elon Musk's OPM/DOGE efforts and firings, please reach out to us
On Signal 518-727-7964
Email [email protected]
www.theguardian.com/securedrop
On Signal 518-727-7964
Email [email protected]
www.theguardian.com/securedrop
The Guardian SecureDrop
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you're a federal worker impacted by any of the Trump executive orders, Elon Musk's OPM/DOGE efforts and firings, please reach out to us
On Signal 518-727-7964
Email [email protected]
www.theguardian.com/securedrop
On Signal 518-727-7964
Email [email protected]
www.theguardian.com/securedrop
I'm old enough to remember when Trump visited Asheville in January 2025 and made this statement "I promised that I’d come back to western North Carolina to help the people of the state. And today, here I am to deliver on that promise. 1/4
February 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Trump visited Asheville in January 2025 and made this statement "I promised that I’d come back to western North Carolina to help the people of the state. And today, here I am to deliver on that promise. 1/4
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Trump gutted the National Labor Relations Board and things are already getting grim. The new board’s first memo signal its intentions to hamstring organizing and worker mobility, allow captive audience meetings, and deny college athletes’ right to unionize. www.nlrbedge.com/p/acting-gen...
Acting General Counsel Rescinds Long List of Biden-Era Guidance
The new Trump era has truly begun.
www.nlrbedge.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Trump gutted the National Labor Relations Board and things are already getting grim. The new board’s first memo signal its intentions to hamstring organizing and worker mobility, allow captive audience meetings, and deny college athletes’ right to unionize. www.nlrbedge.com/p/acting-gen...
"[Amazon] has hosted daily 'town hall' meetings in the week leading up to the election, where managers deliver speeches and dance on stage, backed by a live DJ, to hype workers up to oppose the union. 'It looks like MLM shit,' [said CAUSE member Mary Dulberg]."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights
Organizers describe fear tactics, amped-up security, and daily town halls as workers vote on whether to unionize.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"[Amazon] has hosted daily 'town hall' meetings in the week leading up to the election, where managers deliver speeches and dance on stage, backed by a live DJ, to hype workers up to oppose the union. 'It looks like MLM shit,' [said CAUSE member Mary Dulberg]."
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
A group of Amazon workers -- without any prior labor organizing experience -- just successfully filed for a union election at their Garner, NC warehouse. Their union election will be Feb. 10-15th.
If you care about the future of the U.S. labor movement, don't sleep on this union. amazoncause.com
If you care about the future of the U.S. labor movement, don't sleep on this union. amazoncause.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A group of Amazon workers -- without any prior labor organizing experience -- just successfully filed for a union election at their Garner, NC warehouse. Their union election will be Feb. 10-15th.
If you care about the future of the U.S. labor movement, don't sleep on this union. amazoncause.com
If you care about the future of the U.S. labor movement, don't sleep on this union. amazoncause.com
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The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.
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I taught incarcerated firefighters who worked for criminally low wages. It's considered the best job in the prison, because you get to go out, do something valuable, and eat real food. It's also wildly dangerous, and they are given the worst jobs...literally pulling remains out of charred homes.
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I taught incarcerated firefighters who worked for criminally low wages. It's considered the best job in the prison, because you get to go out, do something valuable, and eat real food. It's also wildly dangerous, and they are given the worst jobs...literally pulling remains out of charred homes.