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Starbucks is forcing us into drastic action by refusing to finalize a fair union contract.

Baristas are striking for a fair union contract, resolution of unfair labor practices, and a better future at Starbucks.

Want to support striking baristas? STOP BUYING STARBUCKS!

‘I often think that the first dictionary a child in Gaza carries is invisible and heavy. Before they learn the names of distant animals or the months of the year, they learn to point at the sky and say زنانة “drone.”’

Part of the political project of genAI is to undermine knowledge and expertise until it is meaningless. And this is not theoretical. Actually existing AI is doing precisely this.

Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF

No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.

Teeny Button Studio - Soft Sock Fiber Content: 75% superwash merino, 25% nylon Weight: 100 grams Yardage: 463 yards Care Instructions: Hand wash this yarn separately the first time after knitting. Wash on gentle cycle. Lay flat to d...

The yarn shop still has one in stock! 👀👀👀 www.warmnfuzzy.com/products/tee...

It was an indie dyer, Teeny Button Studios! I got it at Warm N Fuzzy in Apex, NC.

Thank you! They are very comfy and cozy—so much so that I haven’t woven my ends in yet, oops 😅

A partially finished sock sits next to a skein of yarn. Both are in nonbinary pride colours of yellow, purple, white, and black.

now i’m making socks with nonbinary pride yarn!

A pair of hand-knitted socks that are various shades of orange and black.

i made socks with gideon the ninth yarn!

It's been 5 months without Tinu & we haven't reached her final goal to cover her last goal and wishes.

Please donate to Tinu's family. She gave everything to her family & community. Please support her last wishes. #ForTinu

If you can't donate, share & mask up. Tell everyone around you to mask up.

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

This is great news but what has he even been charged with??

It’s the five year anniversary of the pandemic. Five years that disabled people have been abandoned. Five years where many have excused our deaths as acceptable. Five years that we can’t even access safe healthcare. By you excluding disabled people, you’re aiding in fascism and eugenics.

🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨

Holy shit it DOES work

Eugenics & fascism go hand in hand. White supremacists don’t want disabled people around. We remind them of their fragility. We question their supremacy.

Stand up for disabled people. Fight mask bans, Medicaid & Medicare cuts.

Wear a mask. It’s one of the most powerful things you can do.

We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!

We’re still in a global pandemic. The threat of Covid has not passed.

We’re seeing an increase in bird flu, measles, TB & more.

Public health has been dying a slow & painful death for years. We are on our own.

The good news? Masks work for more than just Covid! My complete guide to respirators 👇🏼

If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this.

Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.”

What?!

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Fun fact: one of the more famous PSAs from the time was, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"

The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!

Read, print & distro freely!

Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:

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Nothing to worry about, just an administration official suggesting that the DOJ may prosecute a member of Congress for advising people about their rights.

Happening right now. Right in front of us.

Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

this is really fucking bad. what the fuck.

A fresh tattoo of a hag stone charm sits on a white person’s arm surrounded by other black and grey tattoos, including a mushroom, some tentacles and stars, and part of a wolf.

A hyena in trans pride colours is inked on the back of a white person’s arm above the elbow.

This week was hard and I almost quit my job twice, but at least I got two tattoos

Walmart Broccoli Recall Elevated To FDA’s Deadliest Category—Here’s Why Walmart’s Marketside Broccoli Florets recall has been upgraded to Class 1 due to Listeria risk. Check your freezer—Braga Fresh warns the product may still be in homes.

Walmart broccoli DANGER

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Your kleptocracy in action.

This piece contains a sentence you rarely see in most coverage of Trump/Musk's purported firings of career civil servants:

"None of the due process provisions that protect federal civil service employees appear to have been followed here."