EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny

I generally don't play the "don't forget about [other marginalized group]" game. If you want to talk about one axis of oppression, one bigotry, one form of hate, I don't assume you haven't thought about the others. It's just sometimes it's ok to talk about race, or poverty, or religion, or ...

This is what supporters of charter schools and vouchers don't tell you: because those schools aren't required to admit physically or learning disabled students, or ESL students, their "improved test scores" and whatnot are completely juiced—and it defunds the schools where disabled kids DO go.

one of the smartest things anyone in a position of power could do right now is to go after these people as aggressively as possible, including with prosecutions you want to crack down on looting? here you go

BREAKING: The NLRB has granted Amazon workers' petition for a union election at RDU1 warehouse in Garner, NC

voicemails are podcasts your mom makes

There’s still time!!!!!

The amazing folks at Phoenix Bikes are looking for a Development & Communications Manager. If you want to make a difference in the world and do it around bikes, you can't beat working for Phoenix! Plus their new ED is AWESOME. Check it out! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Congrats to the #Amazon workers who pushed to make this report possible. Special shout out to STL8 leaders who - after dozens of interviews with HELP staff - continued to organize, take action, and keep these issues front and center.

A congressional investigation has found that Amazon manipulated warehouse worker injury data. Instead of addressing the fact that the corporate giant has twice the serious injury rate of other warehouses, they tried to hide it. qz.com/amazon-worke...

🚨 BREAKING: Bernie Sanders investigation finds Amazon execs knew they could reduce worker injuries but refused. Confirms SOC research since 2021: massive injury crisis driven by Amazon's obsession with speed and $$$. Amazon can't be trusted on safety. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/b...

Hope he doesn’t get beaten up by the billionaire CEO gangs in prison

In some ways, I liked the world better before everything got super dark and insane

This has brought me joy.

My big project: The Death Generator. It's a tool for making fake video game screenshots, just fill in new text and it'll give you a (generally) pixel-accurate image back, the correct fonts and everything. deathgenerator.com

Clearopathra is extremely good stuff @arlingtondes.bsky.social, but where is her Anthsnowny?

OK, OK. In case we don't get enough snow to activate the map this season, here's the complete list of snow plow names: www.arlingtonva.us/files/shared....

Take it from a union guy: You do not want journalists having to attach and subordinate the integrity of their digital identities to the whims of an employer.

The US likes to pretend there's a neat line between education and childcare. Because that line allows us to justify paying for universal public education ("kids need it!") but not universal public childcare ("it's only for selfish or irresponsible moms!"). 1/ www.startribune.com/a-four-day-s...

This is an excellent read.

Had to pause in the fifth minute of plunging the tub drain to retrieve a gold plastic coin to reassure my sobbing four-year-old that she didn’t have to worry about the “people who work in the sewer” “finding out”

Charlotte International Airport workers are voting to authorize a strike this holiday season! We’re fed up with poverty wages, unlawful labor practices, and a growing housing crisis. Many of us can’t pay rent or meet basic needs. We demand respect on the job!

In the Mckeesport holiday parade today with that emu that was loose and wandering the neighborhood last week and many others!

“There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life”

"As a worker-run newsroom that will rely heavily on audience input to shape our coverage of the city, we’re providing information WITH representation (put that on a license plate)." The 51st News is live! 51st.news/dc-local-new...

Arlington pro-Missing Middle petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/do...

Oh so it’s cute when Moo Deng falls asleep on her side gently chewing but when I do it I’m “disturbing diners” and “not allowed back at this Golden Corral”

Disabled people are not acceptable casualties. Not during natural disasters. Not during a pandemic. Not during climate collapse. Not for profit. Not for optics. Not at protests. Not at school. Not for election goals. Not for personal comfort. There is no justice without disability justice.

Does this mean that the former Gazette Leader staff will be expected to cover local issues like journalists and not right-leaning opinion writers? www.arlnow.com/2024/09/25/b...

🚨🚨ALERT ALERT MEAT ROCK HAS MADE IT TO ROUND 2 LETS KEEP MEAT ROCK IN THE GAME!! 🚨🚨 VOTE FOR MEAT ROCK!!! (Rhodochrosite) www.mineralcup.org/2024/vote/r2m5

[frantically dialing the Dad Joke Hall of Fame]

Cool update to this national walkability map: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

@arlingtonaf.bsky.social this seems relevant to your oeuvre

Who is this TMNT-themed, pizza-flavored soap for?

Hi! I'm new here. Made the jump from the other site. I like to talk about alligators, climate change, urbanization, and Philly sports. Glad to make your acquaintance

Workers at the Medicare hotline run by Maximus say they earn low wages and face disrespect at work. The company also has a multi-billion dollar contract with an administration helmed by the self-proclaimed “most pro-union president in history.” capitalandmain.com/why-is-the-b...

Not enough people know about this, but there's a NIH-supported program giving out SIX FREE COVID TESTS. Sign up here: www.test2treat.org No insurance required. You also get access to telehealth, as well as free treatment (if eligible). Please share and get the word out!

okay Richard Scarry I see you

When you shit on enough cars to unlock the cool skin

Alert @arlingtonaf.bsky.social ://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/26/pickleball-hunger-strike-noise-chilliwack-canada/

Give me your heart, make it real, or else

Hearing disturbing rumors that some of these protestors on the picket line are professional actors

i am just catching up on this but it seems pretty bad (and outright deluded) to launch a social network without explicitly blocking people from using the most well-known racial slur in the english language as a username

Platforms are reluctant to admit that they are making editorial choices. I’ll put it this way: you don’t have to be a fancy spot with a dress code, but if people know it’s ok to shit on the floor in your establishment you’re going to get a lot of floor shitters and other customers will go elsewhere.

SWEDISH CHEF, NOOOOOOOO

Paletas at Mpanadas are all the raaaaaaaaaaage! @srtwofourfour.bsky.social