Margaret Berger
@margaret-b.bsky.social
Child-free cat person. Archaeologist. Small business owner. Cancer survivor.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
Your Vote May Not Have Counted: 1,930 of You Could Decide This Election
Your ballot might be sick. Cure it, please. We can't bear to watch it suffer.
www.thestranger.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
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Vote today! This election is important! Use a ballot Dropbox! Post offices are not guaranteeing post marks! #seattle kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Vote today! This election is important! Use a ballot Dropbox! Post offices are not guaranteeing post marks! #seattle kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec...
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NEW: YOUNG PEOPLE GET YOUR BUTTS TO THE BALLOT BOXES. So far, only 10% of ballots come from voters under 35. And overrepresentation of older voters could be the difference between Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell 2.0. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/voters-...
Voters Under 35 Account For Just 10% Of Ballots Returned In King County So Far
Young people: This is fucking serious. The 2025 election could be a huge shift in the balance of power at City Hall — voters could kick out our MAGA Republican City Attorney, banish the most incompete...
www.theburnerseattle.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
NEW: YOUNG PEOPLE GET YOUR BUTTS TO THE BALLOT BOXES. So far, only 10% of ballots come from voters under 35. And overrepresentation of older voters could be the difference between Katie Wilson and Bruce Harrell 2.0. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/voters-...
If you're represented by a Republican, tell them it's time for Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. No more excuses or delays. app.sosha.ai/s/3ZWCbRqw
Contact your GOP representative
app.sosha.ai
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If you're represented by a Republican, tell them it's time for Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. No more excuses or delays. app.sosha.ai/s/3ZWCbRqw
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The Roadless Rule is under threat! Today, the USDA opened a 21-day comment period on its plan to rollback protections for nearly one third of America’s National Forest land, including 8,700 climbing routes, 768 miles of whitewater paddling runs, and 25,000 miles of trail.
Roadless Rule Under Threat: Speak Up for 45 Million Acres of National Forests — Outdoor Alliance
Nearly 45 million acres of backcountry forests are at risk. Before September 19, tell the USDA to keep these landscapes protected.
www.outdooralliance.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Roadless Rule is under threat! Today, the USDA opened a 21-day comment period on its plan to rollback protections for nearly one third of America’s National Forest land, including 8,700 climbing routes, 768 miles of whitewater paddling runs, and 25,000 miles of trail.
Therapeutic art experience yesterday #aiwewei #seattleartmuseum
August 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Therapeutic art experience yesterday #aiwewei #seattleartmuseum
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💰Costco Won’t Sell Abortion Pills
Et tu, Kirkland? Reportedly, a bunch of “faith based-groups” AKA hateful forced birth blowhards have successfully lobbied Costco to NOT SELL one of the most popular medications on the fucking planet at it’s pharmacy.
buff.ly/Zckf8Pn
Et tu, Kirkland? Reportedly, a bunch of “faith based-groups” AKA hateful forced birth blowhards have successfully lobbied Costco to NOT SELL one of the most popular medications on the fucking planet at it’s pharmacy.
buff.ly/Zckf8Pn
August 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
💰Costco Won’t Sell Abortion Pills
Et tu, Kirkland? Reportedly, a bunch of “faith based-groups” AKA hateful forced birth blowhards have successfully lobbied Costco to NOT SELL one of the most popular medications on the fucking planet at it’s pharmacy.
buff.ly/Zckf8Pn
Et tu, Kirkland? Reportedly, a bunch of “faith based-groups” AKA hateful forced birth blowhards have successfully lobbied Costco to NOT SELL one of the most popular medications on the fucking planet at it’s pharmacy.
buff.ly/Zckf8Pn
This juxtaposition brought me something akin to joy:
August 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This juxtaposition brought me something akin to joy:
King County, WA voters: don't forget to vote in the August 5 primary!
August 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
King County, WA voters: don't forget to vote in the August 5 primary!
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August 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just about time for the choreographed polluting war machines again. Wish they would take the year off again, forever.
chng.it/HkRYtYYSJj
chng.it/HkRYtYYSJj
Keep Our Sky Clean: Join Seattle's Fight Against Blue Angels' Performances!
2,394 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?
chng.it
July 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just about time for the choreographed polluting war machines again. Wish they would take the year off again, forever.
chng.it/HkRYtYYSJj
chng.it/HkRYtYYSJj
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“At the largest rally in Seattle, over 70,000 people flooded the streets shoulder-to-shoulder, marching en masse from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center — making it one of the largest protests in the city’s history. “
SEATTLE SHOWS UP FOR DEMOCRACY!
@seattletimes #NoKings #Seattle
SEATTLE SHOWS UP FOR DEMOCRACY!
@seattletimes #NoKings #Seattle
June 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Feel free to share. This is shameful
May 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Feel free to share. This is shameful
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Trump carpet bombed America’s heritage yesterday, proposing to all but zero out the NPS Historic Preservation Fund for 2026. After DOGE-ing IMLS & NEH, Trump now wants to ax 100% of grants for tribal state local & rural presrvn & saving treasures of American history.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
'All-out assault': Trump proposes largest cuts in National Park Service history
The Trump administration wants to cut almost 40% of funding for the National Park Service.
www.sfgate.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump carpet bombed America’s heritage yesterday, proposing to all but zero out the NPS Historic Preservation Fund for 2026. After DOGE-ing IMLS & NEH, Trump now wants to ax 100% of grants for tribal state local & rural presrvn & saving treasures of American history.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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This is being systematically under-reported. Say it with us!
April 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is being systematically under-reported. Say it with us!
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If you're a Washington resident, please send your state legislators a message through this action alert to preserve state funding for the library:
Take action to save the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library
Our allies at Washington Council of the Blind and National Federation of the Blind of Washington have asked for help to preserve funding for the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library (WTTBL), wh...
actionnetwork.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you're a Washington resident, please send your state legislators a message through this action alert to preserve state funding for the library:
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If you’re in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Florida’s 1st and 6th districts. Let’s show Elon our country isn’t for sale.
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If you’re in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Florida’s 1st and 6th districts. Let’s show Elon our country isn’t for sale.
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“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks.
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Letter to Faculty on Self-Censorship and Boldness (opinion)
In a letter to fellow faculty, Nolan L. Cabrera argues that self-censorship is not a strategy for self-preservation.
www.insidehighered.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Bending the knee and precomplying will not stave off these attacks.
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
Acquiescing to censorship will not stop the threats.
Only engaging in collective, bold, public, strategic struggle & disruption has the potential to do so.
We did not pick this fight, but this is the fight that we are in.”
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
Thanks, Airbnb, for letting me know about this bill that would allow local jurisdiction vacation rental taxes as a funding source for affordable housing. Signed in Pro.
Thanks, Airbnb, for letting me know about this bill that would allow local jurisdiction vacation rental taxes as a funding source for affordable housing. Signed in Pro.
March 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
Thanks, Airbnb, for letting me know about this bill that would allow local jurisdiction vacation rental taxes as a funding source for affordable housing. Signed in Pro.
Thanks, Airbnb, for letting me know about this bill that would allow local jurisdiction vacation rental taxes as a funding source for affordable housing. Signed in Pro.
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Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
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February 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Trump, Elon Musk, and all those who are attacking our environment and democracy want you to feel demoralized.
They want you to feel so disheartened that you give up entirely.
But we’re not powerless. Our voices still matter.
REPOST if you're going to keep fighting no matter what!
They want you to feel so disheartened that you give up entirely.
But we’re not powerless. Our voices still matter.
REPOST if you're going to keep fighting no matter what!
February 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump, Elon Musk, and all those who are attacking our environment and democracy want you to feel demoralized.
They want you to feel so disheartened that you give up entirely.
But we’re not powerless. Our voices still matter.
REPOST if you're going to keep fighting no matter what!
They want you to feel so disheartened that you give up entirely.
But we’re not powerless. Our voices still matter.
REPOST if you're going to keep fighting no matter what!
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Reminder for today: The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering the event, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.
February 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reminder for today: The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering the event, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.