Ocha the Muse

BREAKING: Approximately 4,200 NYSNA nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian reached a tentative agreement late last night to end the historic 6-week strike. Nurses bargained all day and made their voices heard. Congratulations, NewYork-Presbyterian nurses!

This community in Minnesota is one of the hardest hit

Did this today and figured it's not a bad idea to give everyone a reminder

Just remember, if they’re not government employees they don’t have immunity.

::slides up with historical special interest:: The Luddites were pro-workers rights and anti-industrialization's theft of wages & downgrading of craftmanship. Not anti-tech. I wonder why it's been turned into an insult. I WONDER.

Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

A graphic that says, "union representation grew by 463,000 in 2025."

Workers know that the best check on a bad boss is a strong union contract. Despite relentless attacks on our freedoms and our livelihoods by the rich and powerful, workers are fighting back and union representation is growing.

Julie K. Brown deserves every last flower.

She has done so, so much for so many survivors of atrocity, for lighting truth where those with power tried to bury it.

This is what a free press is, does, can do.

But it takes so much risk & guts.

She is a brave hero and we are so indebted to her.

Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel getting some love here, deservedly—

Good News: A Major Scientific Milestone Just Dropped

The same mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines is now helping the immune system fight triple-negative breast cancer.

In a new study, 10 out of 14 patients remained relapse-free after nearly five years.

And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting.

In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

Microsoft keeps reinstalling Copilot, so I found a way to rip it out of Windows for good You can get rid of all those stubborn AI components for better privacy and performance.

Here are 4 guides for removing Copilot to protect your computer and privacy!

This first one is a bit complicated but also changes the least on your computer.

The 3 others prevent future workarounds from Microsoft, AND remove AI-generated vulnerabilities that may come with Windows updates!

🧵1/5

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO.

USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+

NOT.

A.

DRILL.

www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...

Ireland Makes a Program Offering Basic Income for Artists Permanent After a successful three-year pilot, the country will continue to provide 2,000 artists with $1,500 per month

A bit like Ireland's new UBI for the arts.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/i...

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.

And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

A diagram of a bunch of formline raven sticker designs shaped like hearts. All of them are coloured based on various pride flags; the Gilbert Baker rainbow flag, the transgender flag, the lesbian flag, the gay flag, the nonbinary flag, the asexual flag, the aromantic flag, the pansexual flag, the bisexual flag, the genderfluid flag, the intersex flag, the polyamorous flag, and the disability flag.

Here's a look at what I've been working on these past couple weeks!! Rainbow Raven, a collection of pride flag coloured formline stickers!!

🌈🪶 #formline #telekitneticart #pridemonth #indigenousart 🌈🪶

Hell yeah look at that little guy go

Donate to Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!, organized by Emily Hilleren Since late September, I’ve been organizing whistle kit assembly par… Emily Hilleren needs your support for Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!

I want to help Marie complete her utter domination by getting her the resources she needs. If we could print her tens of thousands of red cards, I have faith that she would distribute them ALL.

So help us help Marie.

www.gofundme.com/f/fund-whist...

So Bree hinted at this story a few days ago, but I want to circle back now that I have permission to share it.

WHISTLES OUT: A WHISTLE CREW MYSTERY

“I reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions. We’re fighting for a country where families stay together without living in terror, so we’re ALL better off!”

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

When you visit our partner the National Park of American Samoa, the information you receive matters.

This year, we are supporting:
• Printing of the park newspaper
• Updated tear-off trail maps for Manu‘a
• Accessibility improvements in printed materials

#ParkSupport #NPSA #HPPA #AmericanSamoa

Proclamation from Gov Ferguson on Ramadan. Excerpt: WHEREAS, Muslim Washingtonians are an integral part of the social fabric of our state; and   WHEREAS, Muslim residents contribute meaningfully to Washington’s economic vitality, public service, education systems, health care institutions, small businesses, technology sector, arts and culture, and nonprofit and community organizations; and   WHEREAS, the Washington State Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion and affirms that all people have the fundamental right to worship according to the dictates of their own consciences; and   WHEREAS, Ramadan is a sacred month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community observed by millions of Muslims around the world and by thousands of Muslim Washingtonians across our state; and   WHEREAS, Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the five pillars of Islam and is observed through fasting from dawn to dusk, increased prayer, charitable giving, and acts of compassion and service; and   WHEREAS, through these practices, Muslims reaffirm values of generosity, self-discipline, gratitude, and care for neighbors, values that strengthen families, uplift communities and enrich our shared civic life; and   WHEREAS, the observance of Ramadan culminates in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, a time of joy, gratitude and renewed commitment to community and service; and   WHEREAS, Washington state adopted a historic law in 2025 officially recognizing Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays, making Washington the first state to do so; and   WHEREAS, Washington state recognizes the many contributions of Muslim residents and reaffirms our shared commitment to religious liberty, mutual respect and the principles of inclusion and understanding that define our state;   NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bob Ferguson, governor of the state of Washington, do hereby proclaim February 18-March 19, 2026

Ramadan Mubarak to the thousands of Muslim Washingtonians beginning a month of fasting and prayer. 

Washington state supports our Muslim communities — including by being the first state to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays.

Ancient Blocks From the Lighthouse of Alexandria Raised from the Sea to Better Understand Their Wondrous Construction The blocks weighed dozens of tons each and consisted of upright pillars and crossbeams that once formed the entrance to the structure. 

Ancient Blocks From the Lighthouse of Alexandria Raised from the Sea to Better Understand Their Wondrous Construction

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ancient-blocks-of-the-lighthouse-of-alexandria-raised-from-the-sea-to-inform-digitization-of-the-wonder/ #goodnews

This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.

It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

Ah shit

Insanely unfun fact: comorbid with "vaccine hesitancy" is refusal of the at-birth Vitamin K shot. Babies used to just bleed out from their brains sometimes! We have a solution for that! And people are just going nah!

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!