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Tim W RESISTS
@tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
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I am an admin of The Union Place, and a proud AWU-CWA Local 9009 #Union member.

I'm a Staff SRE at Google, but all opinions are my own, and this account and instance […]

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tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
Dear former neighbor: no, really, it's "y'all" not "you'll". Yes technically it's valid. No I will not ever stop cringing and failing to understand what you're trying to say when you type it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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hrefna.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Setting aside the deliberately provocative lead-in, I'd like to talk about something about how unions work that I think a lot of leftists could learn from.

When you see a worker in trouble you have solidarity with them _first_. It doesn't matter if it has never […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Very few queer people took time out of their party weekend to join the protest, but local Fight for 15 members, mostly middle-aged women speaking in Spanish, gave speech after speech that moved me to tears. None of them had met their co-worker across the country; a few said they’d never met a trans person before that day. But they knew or had personally known the feeling of a leering, smug manager using his position to humiliate them in intensely personal, sometimes sexual ways. They shared their own stories about fighting a boss for their bodily dignity, connecting them to their disgust at the treatment their far-away comrade had endured. They knew whose side they were on, and in turn, I learned there were more people on my side than I’d ever imagined.
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
I wish Mastodon had a "take this post off my notifications" button.

I don't want to create a filter, I don't need to mute the conversation, I don't need it out of my feeds, I just ... don't want it right in the top of my notifications anymore.

I guess I just need to get notified more?
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
How do we out-flock Flock? Feed it so much garbage it becomes useless? Walk around wearing coats made of license plates? #resist
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
C'mon #celtics, don't blow this.
November 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
I ❤️ Taskmaster
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
#unionplace , we now have Mastodon 4.5.0! With quote posting!

You can learn more about the release, including the quote posting settings you can configure, here: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/

As with all updates, you may need to do a force reload if you're using the web […]
Original post on union.place
union.place
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://union.place/@tim/115528381066892340

That went faster than expected.
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy Tim W RESISTS @tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 7d
Howdy #unionplace ! I'm going to be upgrading us to Mastodon 4.5.0, so there may be a bit of downtime while it's updating. Should be back within an hour or so.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
Howdy #unionplace ! I'm going to be upgrading us to Mastodon 4.5.0, so there may be a bit of downtime while it's updating. Should be back within an hour or so.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
#MastoAdmin, what are we thinking on 4.5.0? Is it safe after 4 days without a patch release, or am I just playing with fire? 😂
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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dotcolm.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy
I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.
A picture of me, a middle-aged white man, wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Radicalized by Basic Decency" and a decorative floral pattern. Picture is taken in New Orleans Square at Disneyland, California.
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
[Alcohol]

Mmm, you know it's good whiskey when it burns your nostrils when you inhale as you're drinking it.

Puts hair on your chest whether you like it or not!

(In reality I don't always want a nostril-burner, but a good cask strength can be good as long as it still has flavor.)

#whiskey
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
#voted
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
"Here's a message from FanDuel"

I've got a message for FanDuel: unicode-middle-finger.com

#sportsbetting #endbillionaires
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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justmegi.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
NOTICE & CALL TO ACTION ‼️😷 - to the attendees (and disappointed non-attendees) of the Boston Anarchist Bookfair: (#babf)
CRANE Mask Bloc organizers and community members have shared their plan to achieve universal masking at the event. (Please see images with […]

[Original post on mstdn.social]
NOTICE & CALL TO ACTION ‼️😷 - to the attendees (and disappointed non-attendees) of the Boston Anarchist Bookfair: CRANE Mask Bloc organizers and community members have shared their plan to achieve universal masking at the event. (more about the event covid language in paragraph 3). The stated plan hinges on directly approaching unmasked attendees and asking them to wear a mask (while providing said mask). We have been asked by the organizers not to directly engage with individual attendees, and despite making this message clear to all involved, it would appear the allure of holding each other accountable face to face is too great. Despite our efforts, it is clear to us that some ungovernable individuals will continue with this course of action. There are members of our community who will not accept the risk of respiratory illness from an event which is anything less than "masks required". The Boston Anarchist Bookfair has used this language in their policy in previous years, but made the change this year to "please wear a mask" and "masks strongly encouraged" (alongside the removal of accessibility and mitigation policy information from their website). This language leads many to avoid the event, and weakens our sense as a community of the effectiveness of universal masking at making our events safer and more accessible. As anarchists, we talk about keeping each other safe. Continuing to mask, especially in crowded indoor spaces, is one way we can live that shared value. If you'd like to be involved in this action, show up and start telling people to put on a mask. We'll gladly supply you with masks to distribute. If you know any of the vendors, ask them to show their support for community care by bringing extra masks to their tables and asking any unmasked visitors to wear them.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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jaythurbershow.union.place.ap.brid.gy
On this day in 1920, KDKA in Pittsburgh began regular broadcasting. It is considered by many to be the start of commercial radio broadcasting in the U.S,

Here's a cartoon I did for CQ Magazine in November 2020:

#hamradio #cartoon #history #kdka #radio
1. Westinghouse engineer Frank Conrad, 39, got into ham radio to win a bet! “I’ll bet my watch is more accurate than yours!” 2. In the workshop above his garage in Wilkinsburg, Pa., Frank built a receiver to pick up the time signals from the U.S. Naval Observatory and verify his watch’s accuracy. 3. In 1916, Frank got his license (8XK) and was soon a popular leader in local ham circles. 4. Frank tested the 8XK transmitter with music from records the family piano. 5. Schedules for 8XK’s regular “air concerts” were printed in the local newspapers. 6. In the fall of 1920, the ARRL set up an experimental nationwide network to relay results on election night … and they included Frank’s station, 8XK. 7. By then, however, Frank’s employer had applied for a commercial license and was ready to take over his broadcast schedule. 8. On election night, Frank was standing by at 8XK in case there were any technical problems … but KDKA’s first broadcast on Nov. 2, 1920, was “F.B.” (“fine business”) and the station has now been on the air 100 years!
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
Huh, Virginia hasn't gotten the memo from Massachusetts that I'm registered here now, so I could vote there in an actual election of national(ish?) consequence. If I wanted to be one of those fraudulent-voting Democrats.

That said they do check ID down there and I don't have my VA ID anymore […]
Original post on union.place
union.place
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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democracymattersalot.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
VIRGINIA: Vote for Democrats if you want to eat.

Spanberger leads Earle-Sears in Virginia, AG race a toss-up: Poll
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5584948-virginia-gubernatorial-race-poll/

#Virginia #Elections #norepublicanseveragain #USpol
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
It's so sad to me that it's essentially easier to pirate ebooks than it is to get them from non-Amazon sources, it seems.
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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charliemchenry.connectop.us.ap.brid.gy
And… so it begins⚠️ Is your #tech job on the chopping block - just to fund new #ai investments? That seems to be happening a lot. Corps gotta get that $$ for #artificialintelligence buildouts from somewhere, no? So the #billionaires are betting the farm, while […]

[Original post on connectop.us]
Image features a collage highlighting corporate layoffs in 2023, listing companies alongside their CEOs and net worths. It includes Amazon (30,000 employees), Intel (24,000), Microsoft (7,000), Salesforce (4,000), Paramount and more. A tweet listing recent layoff announcements from various companies, including employee counts and indicating a weakening labor market. The companies mentioned are UPS, Amazon, Intel, Nestlé, Accenture, Ford, Novo Nordisk, Microsoft, PwC, Salesforce, and more…
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
I always marvel at how long `tootctl self-destruct` takes to run. And how sad it is killing an instance.

RIP historians.social.

(Don't worry, Union Place isn't going anywhere.)

#MastoAdmin
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
Liz was really excited at Boox to get out of the Amazon ecosystem for ebooks...

Then in less than 6 months it died and they refused a warranty claim saying it had been physically damaged, with no appeal or proof or anything.

So much for that. 😞
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
I don't know if I didn't know, or if I'd just forgotten, that "The Running Man" was actually written by Stephen King under a pseudonym.

I also forgot it was actually pretty good. It'll be interesting to see how the remake goes.
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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lisagetspolitik.union.place.ap.brid.gy
Forty-two million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which could soon run out of funds.

Meanwhile, a petulant commander-in-thief is traveling to Asia, probably to spend time on some golf course.

#snap
#ebt
#USPol
#FoodStamps
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy
Did you know there's a Labor & Unions Mastodon Starter pack? Check it out!

https://fedidevs.com/s/NTMy/

Got suggestions? I promise I didn't leave anyone out on purpose, just let me know who I'm missing and I'll be happy to take a look!

#unions #labor #labormovement #unionstrong
Labor and Unions - Mastodon Starter Pack
Accounts that talk about labor and union issues. Union accounts, union members, and union friends and allies.
fedidevs.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM