the great reformer strikes again
05.03.2026 19:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist & author. big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit π΄ my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com my reporting: @inthesetimes.com + more my lefty metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
the great reformer strikes again
05.03.2026 19:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0how long until we get to see Teamsters president Sean OβBrien publicly congratulate his nasty little buddy here on ascending to gestapo boss
05.03.2026 18:56 β π 178 π 17 π¬ 5 π 0how long until we get to see Teamsters president Sean OβBrien publicly congratulate his nasty little buddy here on ascending to gestapo boss
05.03.2026 18:56 β π 82 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0There are more of us??
05.03.2026 03:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0gimme some tenure bro I swear Iβll be good
05.03.2026 03:04 β π 148 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0gave a guest lecture at Princeton today and ended up using the very scientific phrase βbelt to assβ while discussing the recent NYC nursesβ strike
05.03.2026 03:04 β π 285 π 4 π¬ 2 π 2Unite & Win: Bonus Discussion: Climate Justice and the Labor Movement with Yana Kalmyka, Oren Kadosh, and Levi Kreisa
Our FINAL βUnite & Winβ with @haymarketbooks.org episode features @kimkelly.bsky.social, Yana Kalmyka, Oren Kadosh, and Levi Kreisa discussing climate justice and how the labor movement can make real progress towards a more sustainable future. ππ
04.03.2026 19:19 β π 17 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0Did you read the article? Theyβre explicitly asking customers not to boycott the ranch.
04.03.2026 01:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today is International Sex Workersβ Rights Day, a time to support and uplift sex workers everywhereβand a particularly good day to throw some money to the United Brothel Workers in Nevada who were illegally terminated after their historic union drive with CWA went public! βοΈ
03.03.2026 19:30 β π 425 π 238 π¬ 1 π 2a man tried to condescend to me today and it simply did not compute. it was like an alien was trying to talk to me
03.03.2026 02:26 β π 310 π 7 π¬ 7 π 0Somethin in the water!
03.03.2026 01:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Look letβs not think too hard about these things
03.03.2026 01:13 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Check em out! Nice boys too
03.03.2026 01:08 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I love these kinds of crowds, the best kind of Boomers
03.03.2026 01:06 β π 80 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0An assortment of t-shirts, some are black with red stars, one is red with CHINGA LA MIGRA in yellow
workin a show for an Irish American folk/rock family band tonight and their merch goes way harder than youβd expect
03.03.2026 00:49 β π 360 π 28 π¬ 13 π 1no war no borders no cops no prisons no to all of this shit
28.02.2026 16:25 β π 2863 π 763 π¬ 9 π 10What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.
28.02.2026 14:35 β π 3364 π 1109 π¬ 18 π 0This is such a good idea, Iβm also curious about how much it made sense to charge for subscriptions for a limited jawn
27.02.2026 21:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yup, familyβs from around Brasov
27.02.2026 21:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ohhhhh truuuue
27.02.2026 21:03 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Oh? How did it go? What was the response like from readers/subscribers?
27.02.2026 21:03 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Iβm traveling to Romania for the first time this spring to bop around and visit my great-grandmaβs village, I really want to write about the experience and it seems like such a newsletter-y thing but only for like, a handful of issues
27.02.2026 20:57 β π 58 π 1 π¬ 5 π 0pop-up newsletters!! yes!!!
27.02.2026 19:39 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Has anyone tried a doing limited series-style newsletter before, in which a writer (and, ideally, subscribers) commit to a set number of months/X issues on a specific topic/theme/story? This must exist already, right?
27.02.2026 19:35 β π 95 π 5 π¬ 17 π 0Thereβs merch in the works!
26.02.2026 23:55 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Read Kim's excellent new article, but more importantly, you should give to this GFM. With the amount of $$$ that these women have brought to the state of Nevada, with the sheer amount of traffic they've worked through, they've only raised a little more than a third of their goal in 8 days. Misogyny!
26.02.2026 18:56 β π 61 π 36 π¬ 1 π 0Why would they do that
26.02.2026 23:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yeah and also Iβm trying to make a living in that environment so comments like βfuck paywallsβ donβt help anyone.
26.02.2026 20:09 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Yeah thatβs discussed in the article.
26.02.2026 20:03 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Journalism costs money dawg. Itβs easy enough to get around them if you insist.
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