Cara
@cara-ra-ra.bsky.social
Fancy cat.
Never active on Twitter due to the unchecked swatting, Nazis, harassment, and general Musk of the place. Please be patient as I learn your ways.
Never active on Twitter due to the unchecked swatting, Nazis, harassment, and general Musk of the place. Please be patient as I learn your ways.
Let's send a message to Dr. John Joyce before he goes back to DC. Come to his Altoona office on Friday and let him know how we feel about the proposed cuts to Medicaid.
Dr. John Joyce: Tell Elon, Hands Off Our Healthcare · Working Families Party
Elon Musk has launched an all out assault on working Americans. As Trump's unelected co-president, Musk has made it clear that he plans to slash funding to Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs we re...
www.mobilize.us
February 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let's send a message to Dr. John Joyce before he goes back to DC. Come to his Altoona office on Friday and let him know how we feel about the proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program
learn about the Zapatista uprising
learn about Jane
learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union
learn about STAR
learn about Act Up
learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain
learn about the Spanish Civil War
we are not the first
learn about the Zapatista uprising
learn about Jane
learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union
learn about STAR
learn about Act Up
learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain
learn about the Spanish Civil War
we are not the first
February 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
learn about the Black Panther Party free breakfast program
learn about the Zapatista uprising
learn about Jane
learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union
learn about STAR
learn about Act Up
learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain
learn about the Spanish Civil War
we are not the first
learn about the Zapatista uprising
learn about Jane
learn about the Kensington Welfare Rights Union
learn about STAR
learn about Act Up
learn about the Battle of Blair Mountain
learn about the Spanish Civil War
we are not the first
Potter County is closing their only maternity unit. This means that 10% of PA counties (an area larger than Connecticut) no longer have birthing hospitals.
Waiting for the pro-life movement to jump on this any day now. Oh wait, they're busy protesting PAP smears at my local Planned Parenthood.
Waiting for the pro-life movement to jump on this any day now. Oh wait, they're busy protesting PAP smears at my local Planned Parenthood.
February 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Potter County is closing their only maternity unit. This means that 10% of PA counties (an area larger than Connecticut) no longer have birthing hospitals.
Waiting for the pro-life movement to jump on this any day now. Oh wait, they're busy protesting PAP smears at my local Planned Parenthood.
Waiting for the pro-life movement to jump on this any day now. Oh wait, they're busy protesting PAP smears at my local Planned Parenthood.
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This situation highlights why it's time for Starbucks to make a serious economic proposal to our union, so we can finish negotiating contracts that includes better, clearer protections for workers.
When we fight together, we WIN together.
When we fight together, we WIN together.
UPDATE: When the LA wildfires began earlier this month, Starbucks baristas reported working in unsafe conditions, with one store's video going viral on social media.
In response, these workers organized and fought back - and later won catastrophe pay. Hear their story below 👇
In response, these workers organized and fought back - and later won catastrophe pay. Hear their story below 👇
January 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This situation highlights why it's time for Starbucks to make a serious economic proposal to our union, so we can finish negotiating contracts that includes better, clearer protections for workers.
When we fight together, we WIN together.
When we fight together, we WIN together.
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In September, commissioners in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, voted to forgive the nearly $66 million in “pay-to-stay” debt looming over formerly incarcerated people and their families who were charged for room and board while in jail.
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt
After Dauphin County ended the practice of charging people while they’re detained in jail, Commissioner Justin Douglas pushed it to forgive more than $65 million in lodging fees.
boltsmag.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In September, commissioners in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, voted to forgive the nearly $66 million in “pay-to-stay” debt looming over formerly incarcerated people and their families who were charged for room and board while in jail.
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
boltsmag.org/jail-de...
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I have lost the ability to tell if news organizations are actually this out of touch, this uncaring about fact-checking or context, or if this is an editorial agenda to terrify the people who would benefit most from universal healthcare, the elderly.
December 10, 2024 at 2:43 PM
I have lost the ability to tell if news organizations are actually this out of touch, this uncaring about fact-checking or context, or if this is an editorial agenda to terrify the people who would benefit most from universal healthcare, the elderly.
What the actual fuck is wrong with companies these days.
Never participate in a voluntary survey if you're not unionized.
Never participate in a voluntary survey if you're not unionized.
It's co-opting the language of therapy for straight evil that got me most fucked up. "As a company committed to fostering a healthy and supportive work environment" my ass!
This is pure supervillain behavior
December 9, 2024 at 10:00 PM
What the actual fuck is wrong with companies these days.
Never participate in a voluntary survey if you're not unionized.
Never participate in a voluntary survey if you're not unionized.
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grappling with the implications of The Claims Adjuster turning out to be a hot Italian tech bro gym rat who went to Penn, seems to have had a pretty gnarly back injury, retweets anti-woke nonsense, and has read not one but two books by Steve-O
December 9, 2024 at 6:55 PM
grappling with the implications of The Claims Adjuster turning out to be a hot Italian tech bro gym rat who went to Penn, seems to have had a pretty gnarly back injury, retweets anti-woke nonsense, and has read not one but two books by Steve-O
I've always thought Altoona was overrepresented on TV shows because it has an interesting name. Pretty much any show that features characters investigating and traveling a lot has an Altoona episode (X-Files, Supernatural, Mindhunter, etc.)
Guess they were on to something.
Guess they were on to something.
Murder of United Healthcare CEO leads to person of interest in Altoona, Pa.
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — A manhunt for the suspect that shot and killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has led to Altoona where a person has been detained. According to Altoona police, the…
www.wtaj.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I've always thought Altoona was overrepresented on TV shows because it has an interesting name. Pretty much any show that features characters investigating and traveling a lot has an Altoona episode (X-Files, Supernatural, Mindhunter, etc.)
Guess they were on to something.
Guess they were on to something.
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@drjenellstewart.bsky.social and I read this sitting next to each other. Every time I looked up, she was wide-eyed and shaking her head. @davidmcswane.bsky.social's latest story is horrifying and nuanced, and I couldn't put it down.
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2024 at 6:24 PM
@drjenellstewart.bsky.social and I read this sitting next to each other. Every time I looked up, she was wide-eyed and shaking her head. @davidmcswane.bsky.social's latest story is horrifying and nuanced, and I couldn't put it down.
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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A really important reminder that ALL of these industries have hero narratives that they repeat to themselves ad nauseam to help them sleep at night. Gambling, insurance, payday lenders, prison tech, they each have their elaborate fantasy realities in which they are heroic.
United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."
December 7, 2024 at 6:40 AM
A really important reminder that ALL of these industries have hero narratives that they repeat to themselves ad nauseam to help them sleep at night. Gambling, insurance, payday lenders, prison tech, they each have their elaborate fantasy realities in which they are heroic.
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As a little gift, the outgoing administration is expanding privatized detention to make it even easier to mass-incarcerate immigrants!
Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office
In the past year, the Biden administration has extended contracts for private sector jails before Trump’s plan for mass deportations
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:38 AM
As a little gift, the outgoing administration is expanding privatized detention to make it even easier to mass-incarcerate immigrants!
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Two years ago today police in Greece shot Roma teen, Kostas Fragoulis, in the back of the head - he was pronounced dead 8 days later. He was the second person killed by police in Greece since teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos was killed in Exarcheia in 2008. [2022]
unicornriot.ninja/2022/tension...
unicornriot.ninja/2022/tension...
Tensions Explode in Greece After Police Kill Roma Teen One Day Before 14th Anniversary of Past Police Killing - UNICORN RIOT
Fiery protests took hold in several cities in Greece responding to the police shooting a Roma teen on the eve of the anniversary of another police killing.
unicornriot.ninja
December 6, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Two years ago today police in Greece shot Roma teen, Kostas Fragoulis, in the back of the head - he was pronounced dead 8 days later. He was the second person killed by police in Greece since teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos was killed in Exarcheia in 2008. [2022]
unicornriot.ninja/2022/tension...
unicornriot.ninja/2022/tension...
Lately I've been trying really hard to keep my spicier thoughts to myself. It's been difficult.
Anyway, this is an actual ad.
Anyway, this is an actual ad.
December 5, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Lately I've been trying really hard to keep my spicier thoughts to myself. It's been difficult.
Anyway, this is an actual ad.
Anyway, this is an actual ad.
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ACT 10 DOWN MOTHERFUCKERS!!! www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
Act 10 overturned by Dane County judge. Walker-era law decimated public employee unions
The effort to overturn Act 10 began in November 2023 when several unions representing public employees filed the lawsuit, citing a "dire situation" in workplaces with issues including low pay, staffin...
www.jsonline.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:16 PM
ACT 10 DOWN MOTHERFUCKERS!!! www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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For more than a decade, there has been a systematic effort to destroy the NLRB by starving it of staff and resources. Sensing blood in the water, those who wish to do wrong with impunity are now sounding the death knell and petitioning the courts to declare the Agency unconstitutional. 5-alarm fire.
Hello! I took a deep look at the efforts by SpaceX and Amazon to gut the NLRB, how SCOTUS' right-wing majority could kneecap the agency, and what the disastrous results could be for workers and unions.
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Wants To Wreck A Crucial Agency That No One Is Talking About
Constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board may end up before the Supreme Court, with grave implications for workers and unions.
www.huffpost.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
For more than a decade, there has been a systematic effort to destroy the NLRB by starving it of staff and resources. Sensing blood in the water, those who wish to do wrong with impunity are now sounding the death knell and petitioning the courts to declare the Agency unconstitutional. 5-alarm fire.
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the internet sucks in part because no one makes their own personal websites anymore aftermath.site/website-musk...
For Love of God, Make Your Own Website - Aftermath
The internet felt like a limitless expanse of free expression. Now I usually end up at the same three or four websites.
aftermath.site
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
the internet sucks in part because no one makes their own personal websites anymore aftermath.site/website-musk...
I've had so many bad, stressful experiences I'm just happy if I can get literally anything in a real glass, maybe with some sort of garnish.
I'd pay double to avoid explaining why I've got a plastic water bottle or a can of soda while everyone has a cocktail. Don't care if it tastes good.
I'd pay double to avoid explaining why I've got a plastic water bottle or a can of soda while everyone has a cocktail. Don't care if it tastes good.
Note for the upcoming holiday season,,, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
November 27, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I've had so many bad, stressful experiences I'm just happy if I can get literally anything in a real glass, maybe with some sort of garnish.
I'd pay double to avoid explaining why I've got a plastic water bottle or a can of soda while everyone has a cocktail. Don't care if it tastes good.
I'd pay double to avoid explaining why I've got a plastic water bottle or a can of soda while everyone has a cocktail. Don't care if it tastes good.
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there was a 1936 proposal to build a concrete ramp structure up to the midpoint of the eiffel tower so you could drive up it. and i, for one, think it’s a shame that there was never a trend of making world monuments more car-accessible.
November 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM
there was a 1936 proposal to build a concrete ramp structure up to the midpoint of the eiffel tower so you could drive up it. and i, for one, think it’s a shame that there was never a trend of making world monuments more car-accessible.
Best thing about being an adult is that there is no one to stop me from plastering my entire house in Nathan Nun cat propaganda posters.
The thought behind this #art is ultimately we can do things differently so working people can reap the fruits of automation and productivity not just in compensation but in terms of the structure of our day-to-day lives and, ultimately, control the limited time we have on this earth. ...
November 24, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Best thing about being an adult is that there is no one to stop me from plastering my entire house in Nathan Nun cat propaganda posters.
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I could not sit silent while an elected official who spreads hate & lies that are getting trans people killed pretends to care about the future of the Internet. So I spoke up during Rep Nancy Mace's speech at the Project Liberty Summit & I would do it again www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-11...
November 21, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I could not sit silent while an elected official who spreads hate & lies that are getting trans people killed pretends to care about the future of the Internet. So I spoke up during Rep Nancy Mace's speech at the Project Liberty Summit & I would do it again www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-11...
This contemporary ad for Philadelphia Cream Cheese holiday recipes embedded in an article about 1950's bomb shelter food suddenly makes me very aware of the fact that people 70 years from now will probably be looking at stuff like this with the same horror I feel when I read vintage recipes.
November 21, 2024 at 11:45 AM
This contemporary ad for Philadelphia Cream Cheese holiday recipes embedded in an article about 1950's bomb shelter food suddenly makes me very aware of the fact that people 70 years from now will probably be looking at stuff like this with the same horror I feel when I read vintage recipes.
Just two oligarchs doing their part to chip away at the few rights workers still have.
Meanwhile, they're being cheered on by people whose grandparents rioted and threw ball bearings through police car windows to get the measly rights we have now.
Meanwhile, they're being cheered on by people whose grandparents rioted and threw ball bearings through police car windows to get the measly rights we have now.
Today, attorneys for SpaceX and Amazon are arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Just two oligarchs doing their part to chip away at the few rights workers still have.
Meanwhile, they're being cheered on by people whose grandparents rioted and threw ball bearings through police car windows to get the measly rights we have now.
Meanwhile, they're being cheered on by people whose grandparents rioted and threw ball bearings through police car windows to get the measly rights we have now.
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Pro tip: If the people who make their money by preying on the working class are happy, then you should be worried.
November 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Pro tip: If the people who make their money by preying on the working class are happy, then you should be worried.