Juliet Schor

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 9 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

🚨PROP 50 IS SO IMPORTANT 🚨

BALLOTS HAVE BEEN MAILED

Dear Californians please help tell your friends and neighbors to VOTE YES ON PROP 50

Many of us are phonebanking to California Voters & we need your help !
Tell them YES

AI's Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Full Committee Hearing on October 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM

I testified today at the HELP Committee's AI hearing. Thank you @sanders.senate.gov for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about why we need a 32 hour, #4DW to cope with the disruptive effects of workplace AI. And TY @markey.senate.gov for your AI bills. www.help.senate.gov/hearings/ais...

House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent, Heavy-Handed’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex House Democrats launch probe into controversial Chicago raid by federal immigration officials, demanding answers from Homeland Security and Attorney General.

House Dems Launch Probe Into ‘Violent, Heavy-Handed’ ICE Raid of Chicago Apartment Complex

That’s nice.

Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.”

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

Brilliant

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

look at the map here -- more than 2000 protests planned already...

www.nokings.org

Joe G on X: "Whoever made this deserves an award! https://t.co/A30QnsyRx4" / X Whoever made this deserves an award! https://t.co/A30QnsyRx4

The Trump ballroom x.com/EastEndJoe/s...

Donald Trump says he wants our military to use cities like Los Angeles and Portland as a "training ground." Absolutely not.

This un-American, illegal use of the military to terrorize in our communities must end now.

Thank you, UPenn AAUP, for your powerful response to the administration's "invitation" (correctly renamed "threat") to join their academic compact. #academicfreedom #defendhighered @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Take a Three-Day Weekend Without Losing Any Pay (with Juliet Schor) | The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos Economist Juliet Schor has studied every kind of business and found that thoughtfully reducing work hours benefits employees, improves productivity and increases profits. She explains how you too can…

At CTP we've been embracing the 4 day week since 2018 and believe this system is not only possible but better. In her podcast for The Happiness Lab Dr Laurie Santos and economist @julietschor.bsky.social explore what happens when we build work around human wellbeing.

Thank you @lauriesantos.bsky.social It was such a privilege to have this conversation. I loved being on your pod!

Let's get that same kind of effort galvanized behind Black women who lost their jobs this year!

NOTE: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period. white men gained 365,000

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

This is a hugely important issue. We should be worried about making people's lives better. Giving people enough time to enjoy life is a really huge deal.

Mostly Economics Podcast Mostly Economics is a weekly podcast hosted by CEPR Senior Economist and co-founder, Dean Baker, about ways US economic policies affect everyday lives—from household budgets to global trade relationsh...

@deanbaker13.bsky.social 's Mostly Economics Podcast is great and if you haven't listened to it, the new episode is with yours truly on the 4 day week and the longer term outlook for working time reduction. Take a minute from your desk and give a listen.
cepr.net/mostly-econo...

Economists from @julietschor.bsky.social to Adrian Bilal and @dkaenzig.bsky.social have pointed out that our failure to take into account the effects on local environs and the increased frequency of extreme events has caused an underestimation of climate cost for decades.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

So glad to hear rhis

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Californians believe in democracy and freedom, and will not stand by while Trump and Republicans steal their elections. Vote YES on Prop 50!

Disney might want to take a page from Tesla.🤨

When we fight…. We win

Today’s #SunDay march to the Boston Common was so inspiring. Thank you @thirdactorg.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social and many more for this phenomenal day. Let’s hope there are many more to come.