Raven Jakubowski

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.

Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.

Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

I am still writing! But the submitting has slowed a great deal while I continue my graduate studies and also chip away at a much longer work of fiction.

Vampire Visions (Muses of Mythology Anthology Book 2) Amazon.com: Vampire Visions (Muses of Mythology Anthology Book 2) eBook : Amethystus, Draco: Kindle Store

And I have a story in this anthology as well:

The Last Mardi Gras - Dreamforge Magazine It isn’t the noise of the water lapping between the walls on the first floor, nor is it the sound of the building settling a little […]

I decided to prioritize graduate school beginning last fall, and as a result have submitted very little fiction and poetry this year. Still, I did have a story published in Dream Forge:

(Facebook post from IATSE Local 8) AEW Wrestling has chosen not to employ skilled stagehands at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia for their upcoming events. The seven-night residency is expected to yield over $960,000 in revenue. Add in $550,00 in food, beverage, and merchandise sales. AEW will also receive a $10.6 million broadcast deal from Warner Bros. Discovery for the United States and HBO Max simulcast. TOTAL REVENUE for the run is projected to surpass $13.5 million. Contact AEW & ask them to do the right thing. Hire trained skilled Professionals, who work in Philadelphia. #AEWDynamite #AEWForbiddenDoor

do the right thing, which is also the smart thing @allelitewrestling.com

Open Call: These Dreaming Hills
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Deadline: Nov 15
Pay: $.08 per word and 3 contributor copies
Theme: Stories rooted in central Appalachia dependent upon broadly defined notions of speculative fiction, written by authors with strong ties to the region
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

My thirties were the best. I became more myself than ever, started hitting landmarks that felt way more intentional, and, yeah, like others have said, started giving way less of a shit what anyone else thought.

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IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW

DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES

CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB

Scripts here: 5calls.org

This is why community organizing is an important piece in protesting:

If every person who showed up to the No Kings protest last month was given a tangible task to contact their rep to vote against this, we’d have a real shot at scaring reps in places like TX.

This bill hasn't passed. The only thing that changes is you call your house representative rather then your Senate Rep!

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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

brad u should primary chuck schumer

We are currently at $7,775. Let's see how far we can get in this first week. 💪🏾

Thanks to everyone who has helped spread the word so far!

Keep an eye out for new reward tiers in the coming weeks!

Some very kind words about my shapeshifting story “She Sheds Her Skin.” Chuffed to be in such heady company in this column!

New story out in DreamForge this month! 💫 🌊

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

Write down what you want to say and just say it. I got one full voicemail box but tried another number and was able to leave a message. Get fucking loud, Christ almighty, what are we waiting for.

BREAKING: Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ stripping transgender Americans of health care The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."

It's cruel. It's an incredible escalation of their anti-trans culture war. And there is still a chance to stop the provision in the Senate, so if you have a trans person in your life you care about, I implore you - make your voice heard with your Senators. Both of them. Republican OR Democrat.

As someone who works at a company that has already done this, it's not about effectiveness, it's about power and control.

They will not change until forced to by the workers. Do not waste your time trying to debate them, use your energy to organize with your coworkers in unions instead.

A dance before sad times to come in New Mutants #45.

Warlock faces off against his monster-father in New Mutants #50.

Dani Moonstar sees psychic death during the Mutant Massacre in New Mutants #46.

Saddened to hear about the passing of the truly wonderful Butch Guice. I especially loved his work during his short but beautiful run on New Mutants – his work was so fluid and human, especially when he was drawing things that weren't.

So, this is one of my favorite poems (though honestly all of Benet’s Nightmare poems are pretty dope.) Even though it’s 90 years old this year, it’s been on my mind a lot lately for… oh, no reason. For my money, a masterwork in spec, horror, and satirical poetry.

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

What else do we have in this life? We are these crazy bags of water and electricity and minerals, and somehow we know it? We exist for this tiny fraction of time in this universe in which we may be alone. And you’re telling me you want an algorithm to do your critical thinking for you? What a waste.

Just get out there and think. I don’t give a shit if you do it wrong. I don’t care if you can’t spell or if your syntax is wrong, whatever. Get an F on your paper. But make it your F. Jesus Christ, man, I’m so tired.

What is the point of being human if you need a computer algorithm to express what it’s like. It breaks my fucking heart that we have become so disassociated from ourselves and the unlikely, possibly unique in the universe, gift of our consciousness that ChatGPT is an actual temptation for people.