David Rosenblatt

EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny "If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors' pockets—not to strengthen the company."

EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny

Who buys bagels at Starbucks?!?

Big fan of Cholula’s green sauce, Trader Joe’s also does a green dragon sauce that is good. Also, chili crisp - Lao gan ma is the classic, plenty available at Bangkok 54.

I generally don't play the "don't forget about [other marginalized group]" game. If you want to talk about one axis of oppression, one bigotry, one form of hate, I don't assume you haven't thought about the others. It's just sometimes it's ok to talk about race, or poverty, or religion, or ...

This is what supporters of charter schools and vouchers don't tell you: because those schools aren't required to admit physically or learning disabled students, or ESL students, their "improved test scores" and whatnot are completely juiced—and it defunds the schools where disabled kids DO go.

one of the smartest things anyone in a position of power could do right now is to go after these people as aggressively as possible, including with prosecutions

you want to crack down on looting? here you go

BREAKING: The NLRB has granted Amazon workers' petition for a union election at RDU1 warehouse in Garner, NC

voicemails are podcasts your mom makes

New study documents location of discriminatory deed covenants in Arlington and N. Va. | ARLnow.com New research shows that thousands of Arlington deeds from the early-to-mid 20th century included language that barred people of certain races, nationalities, or religions from buying property. Researc...

Looks like 20-25% to my untrained eyeball… www.arlnow.com/2024/05/07/n...

Which gas station?!?

There’s still time!!!!!

The amazing folks at Phoenix Bikes are looking for a Development & Communications Manager. If you want to make a difference in the world and do it around bikes, you can't beat working for Phoenix! Plus their new ED is AWESOME. Check it out! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Congrats to the #Amazon workers who pushed to make this report possible. Special shout out to STL8 leaders who - after dozens of interviews with HELP staff - continued to organize, take action, and keep these issues front and center.

Amazon ignored warnings about workplace injuries and manipulated data, Bernie Sanders-led probe says Amazon criticized Sanders and his Senate committee for relying on “selective, outdated information” that isn’t “grounded in reality”

A congressional investigation has found that Amazon manipulated warehouse worker injury data.

Instead of addressing the fact that the corporate giant has twice the serious injury rate of other warehouses, they tried to hide it.

qz.com/amazon-worke...

Amazon Disregarded Internal Warnings on Injuries, Senate Investigation Claims A staff report by the Senate labor committee, led by Bernie Sanders, uncovered evidence of internal concern about high injury rates at the e-commerce giant.

🚨 BREAKING: Bernie Sanders investigation finds Amazon execs knew they could reduce worker injuries but refused. Confirms SOC research since 2021: massive injury crisis driven by Amazon's obsession with speed and $$$. Amazon can't be trusted on safety.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/b...

Hope he doesn’t get beaten up by the billionaire CEO gangs in prison

In some ways, I liked the world better before everything got super dark and insane

This has brought me joy.

The Mario 64 intro scene with a letter from Princess Peach, reading: Dear Mario. Please come to the castle. I'm down bad. Yours truly-- Princess Toadstool (Peach)

CATS from the video game Zero Wing (the All Your Base Are Belong To Us game), saying: "I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is Futile"

Dracula from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, saying to Richter "Get out of my house"

The transportation advisor from SimCity 2000, saying "YOU CAN'T STAY ON TWITTER! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!"

My big project: The Death Generator.
It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything.

deathgenerator.com

Slippy Garvey

Matt Brrrrrranti

Clearopathra is extremely good stuff @arlingtondes.bsky.social, but where is her Anthsnowny?

OK, OK. In case we don't get enough snow to activate the map this season, here's the complete list of snow plow names: www.arlingtonva.us/files/shared....

Chappell Road was right there!

Take it from a union guy: You do not want journalists having to attach and subordinate the integrity of their digital identities to the whims of an employer.

A four-day school week? More Minnesota school districts are giving it a look. Proponents say the shortened week can lead to cost savings and make it easier to recruit teachers. But for some communities, concerns about childcare remain a barrier.

The US likes to pretend there's a neat line between education and childcare. Because that line allows us to justify paying for universal public education ("kids need it!") but not universal public childcare ("it's only for selfish or irresponsible moms!"). 1/
www.startribune.com/a-four-day-s...

A sure sign of the apiecolypse

Take that, arms dealers! We’ve got so many arms we’re giving them away.

This is an excellent read.