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We report: the gorse shrubs are flowering under the cold sun in fat yellow blooms. The wind carries a smell of honey when we walk by too close, and the thorns catch in our hair and clothes. The blue sky falls in deep puddles in the middle of our path. We have to step around it.
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We report: the gorse shrubs are flowering under the cold sun in fat yellow blooms. The wind carries a smell of honey when we walk by too close, and the thorns catch in our hair and clothes. The blue sky falls in deep puddles in the middle of our path. We have to step around it.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
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You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You're told it'll sabotage your career if you're a vocally politically opinionated, queer, woman. But things sabotaging my career are systemic xenophobia, sexism, and horrible job market. Which are a direct consequences of people not being vocally opinionated in the first place.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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As far as we know, she was legally able to work. Not undocumented.
Armed agents went throughout the daycare & hunted for teachers while kids & parents were there.
Armed agents went throughout the daycare & hunted for teachers while kids & parents were there.
Families 'Horrified' After Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
blockclubchicago.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
As far as we know, she was legally able to work. Not undocumented.
Armed agents went throughout the daycare & hunted for teachers while kids & parents were there.
Armed agents went throughout the daycare & hunted for teachers while kids & parents were there.
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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'Left to rot': Farmer reeling over decaying crops as workforce flees ICE raids
open.substack.com/pub/vilniuss...
open.substack.com/pub/vilniuss...
'Left to rot': Farmer reeling over decaying crops as workforce flees ICE raids
Immigration raids are already having a devastating effect on agriculture
open.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
'Left to rot': Farmer reeling over decaying crops as workforce flees ICE raids
open.substack.com/pub/vilniuss...
open.substack.com/pub/vilniuss...
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A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.
August 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A lot of people are learning that cowardice won’t save them in real time. Might as well be brave.
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How did we get an entire corporate and political world full of scumbags and bastards, all we did was incentivize that behavior at every turn
July 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
How did we get an entire corporate and political world full of scumbags and bastards, all we did was incentivize that behavior at every turn
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taking my Work Brain out my skull and swapping it with my (much smaller) Night Brain from the fridge
June 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
taking my Work Brain out my skull and swapping it with my (much smaller) Night Brain from the fridge
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getting hit by a bus because i think it's a big fuzzy cat with fucked up hands
March 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
getting hit by a bus because i think it's a big fuzzy cat with fucked up hands
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The original Notice to Appear (the immigration court version of an indictment) against Mahmoud Khalil was a complete mess; a sloppy disaster with multiple outright errors and alleging only the charge of "Rubio says you have to leave"
Now ICE has filed new charges, alleging immigration fraud. 🧵
Now ICE has filed new charges, alleging immigration fraud. 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The original Notice to Appear (the immigration court version of an indictment) against Mahmoud Khalil was a complete mess; a sloppy disaster with multiple outright errors and alleging only the charge of "Rubio says you have to leave"
Now ICE has filed new charges, alleging immigration fraud. 🧵
Now ICE has filed new charges, alleging immigration fraud. 🧵
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Emma Goldman was deported along with another 600 anarchists, communists & socialists, while 10k+ more nationwide were rounded up in the Palmer Raids, 105 years ago during the First Red Scare and tbh idek which number Red Scare we're on now
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals
A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.
www.newyorker.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Emma Goldman was deported along with another 600 anarchists, communists & socialists, while 10k+ more nationwide were rounded up in the Palmer Raids, 105 years ago during the First Red Scare and tbh idek which number Red Scare we're on now
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
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Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead
March 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead
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You: Oh my god the house is on fire!
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
March 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You: Oh my god the house is on fire!
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
Me (wise, has read books): And you're surprised? Houses have been on fire before [as the flames consume us both] Furthermore,
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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.