Stringlady

In Ithaca, NY, several years ago, 3 Starbucks unionized. Over roughly the next year, all 3 were closed.

I haven't set foot in a Starbucks since...

(Ok, here that's not usually a problem, but when migraine hits I need a seat and coffee ASAP. I had to find options. I did.)

NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

I don't think for combat units, but women have only been in combat units relatively recently. There are different standards for non-combat roles, and those change with age as well as sex. They don't expect someone who spent 20 years at a desk to look like a 20 year old who just finished basic.

Every woman in a combat unit passes the same rigorous physical test as the men. Which is more challenging than that given to people working supply lines, maintenance and repair, strategic planning, or any of the other jobs held by the majority of "warfighters."

He never saw combat himself.

NETWORK Statement on Spending Bill that Fails to Extend the Affordable Care Act Tax Credits - NETWORK Lobby In response to the Senate moving forward with a spending bill that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits that keep health care affordable for 24 million Americans,...

In response to the Senate deal that fails to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that keep health care affordable for 24 million Americans, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice Executive Director Laurie Carafone issued the following statement:

networklobby.org/news/111025-...

Gray tabby cat looking directly at the camera.

Two years ago we went to the shelter for a cat.

When we opened the front of his crate, this one climbed right out on to my shoulder. "My person!"

He's curled up against my leg right now.

This should be getting more attention.

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."

This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

I wonder if he remembers his mom needing ID when she wrote a check at the store. They didn't accept plastic until, oh, the late 80s/early 90s. I mean, he would have needed to, also, but I doubt he ever bought groceries in person as an adult.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell any normies you know who are not completely dialed in like most of us chronically online people are, that yes, we won yesterday, but all we really won was the chance to make things better. The work is not done- you can't just stop and expect shit to be better in 2 years

What we value...is priceless.

Excessive force. PERIOD!

They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.

📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

Oddly, I did. Stuck in my brain, because he sure believed in state control when he was governor... and didn't think the MTA should get the money it needed.

We had Advent calendars when I was a kid in the 60s. They were for children, to help us understand the passage of time while we waited. Cardboard, with little doors you opened to see a pretty picture - could be of a toy or a Bible scene, we had both at different times. Fun for kids, not a big deal.

Every $1 donation provides 4 or 5 meals from food banks. Even a donation of $5 right now can feed up to two dozen people. No, we shouldn’t have to do this. But we can.

Absolutely.

And... I think I was running out of letters/spaces...

Ah, thanks. I did not know. And that makes sense.

They keep saying they want to "prevent permanent changes." Which is an outright lie.

They're trying to force them. They want the transman to have wide hips and long legs. The transwoman to have broad shoulders and a deep voice. They want to be able to see who is trans - forever. Drives me nuts.

If this game goes past daylight savings time a portal to The Good Dimension opens and we call all walk in!

DHS / ICE appears to have rolled out their new cell phone tracking platform in DC. I'm getting these every 5-10 minutes on my phone.

Kristi Noem, Tom Homan, and Pam Bondi need to be jailed for life.

Between this and the terrorism against Latinos who are mainly Catholic, the US has become the leading persecutor of Christians.

On MSNBC Cuomo said "diversity can be a weakness." When asked by one of the two Black hosts (Eugene) to clarify, he doubled down on his statement and called Eugene "Jonathan."

So Cuomo is anti-diversity & can't tell Black people apart.🤔

Honestly the best anti-Cuomo ads are just letting Cuomo speak

1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.

Stop just letting him lie constantly.

Thread.

I didn't know that (I no longer live in the city.) Yes, indeed!

My father's male cousin died of breast cancer, I think back in the fifties! (As did 2 women in the family. ) This is not ideology, it's medical fact. Men can get it, though it's rare, and they should also get treatment.

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

The faculty at UCLA, itself currently under austerity measures due to a nebulous and unresolved budget crisis, have just received a message that "ChatGPU Edu" is now available to faculty and staff "for purchase at a specially negotiated price."

Do I work at a university?

In the US we have many citizens for whom English is a second (or third, fourth...) language. Some are highly intelligent, but English is a work in progress.

We also have many citizens who, because of who they are, where they lived, never had a chance at a decent education. Smart, poor vocabulary.