Rachel C.

It was an incredible weekend in Chicago at Tradeswomen Build Nations, and a much-needed reminder of how awesome, badass, and supportive these union sisters are. ✊️💪 #twbn2025 #solidarityforever @ibewinternational.bsky.social

I’m so proud to be with thousands of my union sisters today at Tradeswomen Build Nations, the largest gathering of tradeswomen in the world!

Tradeswomen are powerful trailblazers, and when we come together, we can lead the way in the trades and our labor movement.

Life's ruff when you're sleepy but also the self-appointed guard dog for the house.

An appropriate 2025 Fourth of July toast, taken from Hadestown:

"To the world we dream about, and the one we live in now." 🍻

Not sure how anyone makes it through the day without a cat helping them make coffee

I dunno, Cliff, maybe because people are exhausted from working their asses off their whole lives and STILL being broke? Because everything is expensive and systems are broken and people are saying "fuck it" and choosing a healthy work-life balance?

#cliffbentzsucks

Sat in on a tele town hall with Cliff Bentz tonight. Questions were screened in advance, in his favor, and he got audibly pissed when someone DARED to suggest they're cutting Medicaid. "People just need to go find a job! Why is no one working anymore?"

#cliffbentzsucks

I installed some shiny things at work. ✨️

God forbid we, as humans, should be allowed any degree of nuance where sexuality is concerned. And look, letters are just hard for some people, okay??

A fluffy gray cat is lying underneath an equally fluffy orange Pomeranian, who is on his back with his legs splayed. They both look content.

Sunday vibes.

Bynum still holding town hall in Sisters Saturday; Merkley postponing Central Oregon stops Sen. Jeff Merkley has postponed his town hall appearances in Central Oregon Saturday, citing a change in the U.S. Senate voting schedule. No rescheduling date has been announced.

@jeff-merkley.bsky.social www.centraloregondaily.com/news/sisters...

You're still planning to come out here...right?

‘Imminent crisis’ looms as feds set deadline to remove more than 100 homeless campers from forest outside Bend The forest ouster next month would be the “largest federal eviction of an encampment in recent history” by Trump-controlled law enforcement agencies, according to the National Homelessness Law Center.

So while the stock market is crashing, the U.S. Forest Service is also leaving unhomed populations high and dry. After promising to help them. And fining them for money they don't have.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

These are the hills we die on.

MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ART. Let's discuss w/ expert @evanpridmore.bsky.social.

Medieval memes!
Human-faced animals!
Drunk monks!
Immigration law!
Salisbury steak!
Snails?

Also: the perfect tree for your home orchard.

#MedievalCodicology is up! And wonderful.

www.alieward.com/ologies/medi...

3:45 am with Hopper, the shrieking wonder, who loves the sound of his own voice at 3 am.

I agree wholeheartedly... but they won't. They seem to have proven that their actions don't have consequences, and who's going to hold them accountable? Democrats? John Q. Public? Unlikely.

Excited for this one! I have killed every houseplant I have ever had.

Did the cryptology episode get tabled?

The one where a barn fell on Rachel The Burnout Collective · Episode

open.spotify.com/episode/5APp...

Oh hey, I was on a podcast with the incomparable @atjamie.bsky.social and Rebecca (my seester). We talk about unions, boundaries and why sometimes enormous career leaps are a good choice. @burnoutcollective.bsky.social

Hey, we love a really secure spontaneous convertible.

One of my Radical Leftist opinions is the government shouldn't be able to deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

It's LAYOFF day, y'all. Took these puppies on another run.

When work tells you they have no work for you (and you don't have PTO), all you can do is shrug and take your dogs for a jaunt among the snow mounds.

✨Hey, Burnouts!✨ Slight schedule change this week only: We'll be streaming live on Wednesday instead of Thursday! Join us @ 5pm PT for Episode 16 w/ special guest Rachel Cannon 🖤

DOGE’s USDA cuts are beyond reckless. Rotting food at ports, rising grocery prices, and invasive species spreading unchecked?

That’s not efficiency. It’s working people paying the price.

Those tall red plastic cups

TIL about Zodiacal light and paused briefly to think about how beautiful our universe is instead of the steaming heap of garbage that is the American government right now.

So here you go.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiaca...

That's a Tesla.

Dems are just as culpable as Republicans at this point. Milquetoast policy-making that allows Republicans to muscle their bullshit through Congress apparently wins the day now.

Men are shifting right because Republicans are making their lives worse and telling them to blame women and immigrants.

Democrats should be pointing out this *extremely obvious* dynamic, not trying to peddle a lighter version of the same narrative.

@jeff-merkley.bsky.social @wyden.senate.gov

Vote No!!!