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LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
laist.com/news/la-time...

The final illustration of a pink silkmoth with beige and brown upper wings and vibrant pink lower wings. Oh, and an incredibly fluffy body.

A close up showing the detail of the furry wings.

I FUCKEN FINISHED!!! As always, it took me 2 months, but I got there in the end.

It's not you. It's unasked for UI changes, my least favourite thing in tech (that is not harmful, planet destroying, or whatever.)

Ink and watercolor cartoon showing an octopus peeking out of a coconut shell underwater. The octopus says: "I've been working on a novel, but I'm afraid to show anyone. Maybe I'll put one page out there." A fish swims up to look at the page and says, "That stinks!" The octopus disappears inside the shell and says, "Everyone's a critic."

Here's a little cartoon for #WorldOctopusDay 🐙

Photo of a two men holding a cycle with a large wheel in the middle and a smaller wheel on either end. The steering attaches to both smaller wheels.

Collectors Mike and Seth Fallon with possibly the only known high-wheeler with leading and trailing dual steering

@sundance.bikesky.social

changed font. I'm mad about it.

2. They need to listen to consumers, we don’t want more boring basics.
Give us DETAILS!

3. STOP ADDING IN CRAP LOADS OF EASE!! It does not make it easier to sew, in fact, it makes it harder.

4. And to consumers: patterns were never supposed to be $1.99 all the time. Please be ready to pay.

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

While I am very happy that Simplicity will keep operating, I feel like a few reminders are necessary:

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

1. They need to payout ALL the designers the income they are owed from the time of filing Bankruptcy until now.

#sewsky

a sheet labeled may june July aug sept oct and everything is just plus 20 dollars minus 20 dollars.

***BIG ANNOUNCEMENT***

Due to governmental pressure, I am stepping down as CFO of the ANTIFA organization.

For transparency, I am releasing the COMPLETE financial transaction history of the organization for the last 10 years. The most recent 6 months are below.

Thank you for your support!

I’m pleased to endorse this site. @gelliottmorris.com brings the expertise of 538 while so far having managed to avoid getting poster’s madness

FYI #Romancelandia #MMRomance 🌈📚 and such. Also, yellow cover:

Lincoln Sedan Delivery Deco Liner. 3/4 front view. Shot by @creatinglightly.art

Lincoln Sedan Delivery Deco Liner. 3/4 front view, close up on the front wheel. Shot by @creatinglightly.art

Lincoln Sedan Delivery Deco Liner. Side view. Shot by @creatinglightly.art

Lincoln Sedan Delivery Deco Liner & Harley Davidson Sportster Deco Scoot from Louwman Museum's website.

I remembered! This thing has a Harley Davidson inside!

Lincoln Sedan Delivery Deco Liner & Harley Davidson Sportster Deco Scoot

Reminds me of when I was a bored teenager and mum forbade me from inviting the mormon boys in (listen, love a man in a suit) largely out of concern for the psychic damage I'd inflict discussing religion with them.

The Mormons in my area are trying a new tactic - roaming pairs of pretty young women coming up and asking if you'd like to go to church on Sunday

State Rep. Steven Xiarhos spent decades as a cop on Cape Cod. And when he looks at the “street takeovers” that hit four communities across Massachusetts last weekend, he doesn’t mince words. “You need to respect police officers. They’re risking their lives for us 24/7,” Xiarhos, R-5th Barnstable, told MassLive as he left a memorial service for fallen officers at the State House on Wednesday. To make sure that happens, Xiarhos said he’s filing two bills to tackle the growing social media phenomenon that’s leading to some real-world consequences. The first would boost the penalty for assaulting a police officer from the current misdemeanor in most cases to a felony. The second is based on existing law in Florida. That statute, enacted in 2022, prohibits street takeovers and punishes spectators and participants alike.

As part of the latest moral panic about crime, a #Massachusetts state lawmaker is trying to increase the penalty for assaulting a cop and make it illegal just to *witness* a so-called "street takeover."

#mapoli

www.masslive.com/politics/202...

Every year, I say goodbye to friends who get priced out.

Every year, more friends talk about how much longer they can afford to stick around.

I know everyone knows this but if I don't say it out loud I will scream: you cannot get infinitely richer if there are no consumers to consume your endless 'product' and 'content'. You have to have wage people. This is all pharaohs building the biggest tomb.

Yeah that part is a sonovabitch

“The SoHo and Boston locations were among 11 REI stores to unionize in recent years.”

gee what a coincidence

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

Well, as immortal beings of pure light, it's fine we're not getting old it's fine it's all good

@zaktar.bsky.social it's what? 20+ years?

Happy Birthday, Count

Her: "Who's your favourite literary vampire?"
Me: "The one in Sesame Street."
Her: "He doesn't count."
Me: "I can assure you that he does."

--Andy Ryan

this Jays run is gonna be a huge smokescreen for the leafs so if they wanna start the season like shit they cant find a better year for it

At any given time I am like Brennan lee mulligan hearing the words "greater sage grouse"; I suppose it is healthy to get your heart rate up intermittently during the day.

My Linocut portrait of Caroline Herschel against a starry sky with comet and 5 inset diagrams of her observations

For day 9 #spacetober_challenge nebula: Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🔭 #histsci Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life & career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, 🧵

At this point my polite inside voice looks like a roided up young Arnold

My team consistently cannot internalize the meaning of the word triage and therefore every morning is an exercise in becoming more powerful as I use my polite inside voice to try to move us the fuck along from perseverating on every issue raised instead of assigning them out and getting on with

This is the most unusual Slime Mold I have ever came across. I needed assistance in identifying it and the verdict was it is a False Puffball Slime Mold. The color is so shiny and unnatural I actually smelled it to make sure it wasn't painted. #Hedgewatch #slimemold #fungi

I laughed so hard. Love Big Papi