Jed Hartman
elysdir.bsky.social
Jed Hartman
@elysdir.bsky.social
Editor, writer, generalist, logophile, paronomasiac, ludophile. Bi, poly. He/him. Most of my posts here are abbreviated copies of things I’ve posted elsewhere.
(“The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) protects and improves the health, safety, and economic well-being of over 18 million wage earners and helps their employers comply with state labor laws.” (www.dir.ca.gov/aboutdir.html))
California Department of Industrial Relations - About DIR
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) protects and improves the health, safety, and economic well-being of over 18 million wage earners and helps their employers comply with state labor laws. DIR is housed within the Labor & Workforce Development Agency.
www.dir.ca.gov
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by Jed Hartman
This is the most important part. You need whistles we send whistles. You don't pay, you just get whistles.
We do not accept payment for whistles, and will ship anywhere between 100 and 1000. If you know someone with an org that needs even more than that, they can reach out and we can work with them!

Do not be afraid to ask for 100 whistles if you just want to radicalize your PTA group. WE WANT THAT! 💓
January 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Sorry for lack of clarity—my see also was intended for other people who (like me) are unfamiliar with the Insular Cases but (like me) don’t have Slate subscriptions and can’t read the articles. I didn’t mean to imply that you were missing anything or didn’t know about them.
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I eventually tried a free cross-platform subtitle-editing app called Tero Subtitler. And it worked!

So I figured it was worth posting about, both for other people and for my own future reference.

(The app can also do lots of other things with subtitles.)

github.com/URUWorks/Ter...

2/2
GitHub - URUWorks/TeroSubtitler: Tero Subtitler is an open source, cross-platform, and free subtitle editing software.
Tero Subtitler is an open source, cross-platform, and free subtitle editing software. - URUWorks/TeroSubtitler
github.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Google Form for sending “Wishes, Stories & Memories for Sheila Williams in her Recovery”: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... (This doesn’t seem to have a space for entering your name, so I guess include your name in the memory/wish space?)
Wishes, Stories & Memories for Sheila Williams in her Recovery
Please share memories that Sheila and her family can enjoy and think fondly on—thank you so much for taking the time to cheer Sheila up while she focuses on her recovery.
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Huh—now when I click the same link again, it takes me to a purchase page. Very weird.

(I had previously tried it twice, on a phone and on my computer, and both times got the same immediately-download-an-empty-file result. But now it seems to be working as intended.)
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 AM
No, I just clicked the ko-fi link in your post, and my browser immediately downloaded a file (without showing anything else, no purchase page or ko-fi page or anything), but the file was zero bytes long.
January 15, 2026 at 6:51 AM
That link didn’t work for me—it tried to download an empty file. So for anyone else looking for the Ko-Fi, here’s a link that might (or might not) work better: ko-fi.com/therisingtit...
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Support Brandon O'Brien
ko-fi.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 AM