Joanna

An image of V4 Rusty from the back, showing her hunched over with her spinal implants visible. On the right side of the image, Rusty in a pilot suit talks to 621, who is leaning into her, saying “So this is what my buddy looks like under all that metal. Gotta admit, you’re not quite what I expected.”

#ac6 V4 Rusty & 621 rendezvous after operation wallclimber…

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation. "Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies. Text and image generation Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Campaign poster for Sarah Milner that reads “Let’s Build a Socialist Party!”

R&R is proud to run Sarah M for NPC at this year’s DSA Convention! Sarah will be a strong Marxist, anti-imperialist voice on the NPC. She is running to help DSA lead the fight against Trump and launch a socialist party — read more here! reform-revolution.solidarity.tech/sarah-for-npc 🧵

The people who went with “Sarah McBride will actively collaborate with the destruction of transgender rights” turned out to be right.

Incredible that this is our first representation in congress.

Once I finally move out, I am going to become insufferable*.

*Will maybe wear a skirt and have feelings about it.

Federal workers are fighting to stop Musk gutting federal services and implementing mass layoffs. We’re ready to fight with federal workers, unions, and the community to save our services! RSVP here: loom.ly/j--sst0 #saveourservices #labor

Fucking hell, what a meeting. 😬

can't imagine a better time than hanging out with my beloved starbucks workers while causing some good trouble

BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.

BREAKING

On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders

On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

as ever

all this will do is keep more kids missing. this administration is being targetedly evil towards trans people to try and erase us. anyone with common sense or compassion or with the actual goal to find missing and exploited children should rail against this every single day

Image ID: Photograph on a sunny afternoon of an oak grassland prairie in late fall, showing a dirt path winding up a hill covered in waves of brown grass and oak trees in the distance. The sky is bright with a sun lens flare with a few white high-contrast clouds in the deep blue sky. On top of the photograph (at the top of the image in the "sky") is black text reading: "Bravery isn't an emotion. It's an action. Bravery isn't meant to feel good. Courage only exists in adversity." The quote is attributed to The Transfeminine Review ‪@thetransfemininereview.com‬ /END ID.

This inspiring quote was just asking for a background. Quote from The Transfeminine Review, @thetransfemininereview.com ‬

Philly immigrant groups call for Super Bowl strike to protest Trump admin policy The strike is part of a “Week of Action” running through Valentine's Day in Philadelphia to show the value of immigrants.

NEWS: The Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition is calling for a *general strike* in Philly on Super Bowl Sunday as part of a week of action to protest Trump’s brutal crackdown.

“That means immigrant workers stay home and immigrant customers stay home, too.” whyy.org/articles/phi...

Solidarity with all people suffering from the deeds of the powerful they couldn’t have stopped.

Blessings on all who suffer. Blessings on all who relieve suffering.

May the world grow gentler in this lifetime.

Just wait until Trump uses the same mechanism he is using to attempt a national trans ban to do the same with a national abortion ban, mifepristone ban, etc.

The Media Is Missing the Story: Elon Musk Is Staging a Coup As the world's richest man seizes control of government agencies, mainstream outlets are treating it like standard political news

Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/the-media-...

Two reasons:

1. US union density is low compared to most countries that have had effective general strikes.

2. These things take time and cooperation to plan and execute, which are not abundant among US labor.

The only hope of an actual general strike is in 2028, and that's no guarantee, tbqh.

We had an amazing Strike Ready Social this evening! Members got the chance to connect and collect resources so we can be prepared to support workers in any strike that happens! #labor #DSA

“should trans people flee, should we stay?” idk chat, i think about the horror stories of my family who decided to stay and fight.

they are all dead. every. last. one.

many great-great aunts and uncles ended up in the camps and not a one of them were lucky enough to survive. not one.

What really fucks me up about this is that I realized I was trans almost eight years ago to the day, during this exact same spot in Trump’s first term.

The idea that this could have happened not now, when I’m 23 and coming into my own, but at 15 while alone and incredibly vulnerable…

Nauseating.

make yourself hard to kill.

My new essay comic, Antisemitism in a Time of Genocide, is now up at Le Monde Diplomatique in France.
I’ll thread the 8 panels in English here, and link to the French at the end.

Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employuer is Verano Holdings LLC located in Branchburg, New Jersey. There are 328 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of all full-time and regular part-time production, maintenance, service and retail employees employed by the Employer at its Branchburg, Elizabeth, Lawrence, Mt. Holly and Neptune, New Jersey facilities. EXCLUDED: All administrative and clerical employees, managers, confidential employees, guards and supervisors as defined in the Act.

NEW: 328 cannabis workers across New Jersey are unionizing with UFCW.

I swear to God, I will live to see 330 million Americans unionized in my lifetime, or I shall die having fought until my last breath to make it a reality.

Unionize Everyone - Abolish Bosses.

Bias at NYT: Trans Former Employee Speaks Out — Assigned Billie Sweeney is a trans journalist who was an editor for the New York Times until last year. Here, she recalls her losing battle for the soul of the paper of record.

My new story, going behind the scenes at the NYT is finally live!

Huge thanks to @billiejsweeney.bsky.social as well as @kellymcb.bsky.social, @petrinkae.bsky.social, and @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social for chatting with me on this.

Pictured is a filing from the National Labor Relations Board website showing a petition for certification of a labor organization as the representative of a collective bargaining unit. The employer is Amazon - RDU1 Fulfillment Center located in Garner, North Carolina. there are 4,300 employees in the proposed bargaining unit made up of all associates and process assistants, including full time, part time, and flex permenant associations (blue badge) and seasonal (white bade).

NEW: 4,300 Amazon warehouse workers in NC are forming an independent union as Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment (CAUSE).

✊Baristas like us are seizing our power together

✊We’re united in our union

✊We’re demanding better from Starbucks

Reminder: Don't cross the picket line! NO Starbucks while we're on strike!

day 1 was amazing.......
but wait until you see day 2 😏

Here's today's anchor pickets! While many more stores are going on ULP strike today, workers want you to turn out for THESE pickets! ⬇️

Don’t live near a picket line? We still need you! Host a canvassing event - tinyurl.com/SBWU-canvass

DSA Cincy members are proud to stand on the picket line in solidarity with Amazon workers! #DSA #labor #solidarity