The war on work from home is in large part a war on women having a career btw

NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...

i would very much like to know whether this show is being made with non-union labor, and i assume so would iatse (if it doesn't already): www.garbageday.email/p/new-post-b...

The 8yo has defeated Darth Malak and prepares to rule the galaxy with an iron fist.

Molly Conger has outdone herself. A tragic and heroic story from American history, beautifully told; a tribute to love and compassion and ordinary people and our shared humanity; a fierce polemic against injustice and state violence. Listen, then cry, then go help your neighbors.

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

leftist plan to increase the birthrate: - universal health care - free child care - better paid family leave - better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear" ok i did it www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...

The people who came before me didn't have special training either. And I have access to tech and comms they never dreamed of. I can do this. We can do this.

Picard social tip: A Vulcan can laugh. A Klingon can soothe. A Ferengi can give. Your preconceptions are not facts.

Never forget. 🇺🇸

Every year, my family goes skiing (my lovely spouse & eldest kid’s passion, I gamely ski the bunny hills). I can mark the years by what podcast I was listening to that year. Last year I was finishing up Palisade from @friends-table.bsky.social.

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

I’ve never found a cover of a Christmas standard less surprising than Death Cab’s “Baby Please Come Home” and I love it.

it’s crazy that bosses think they can scare you away from being a union member when this shit rocks so hard

As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line. No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!

On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights

What is Gov. Bob Ferguson's Plan A to backfill the state's budget gap? Sink the budget knife into everyone but the ultra-rich. 🔪💵 The 1st-term Democrat's given the cold shoulder to tax hikes ahead of Decision '26, a wealth tax included. 🗳️ washingtonobserver.substack.com/p/ferguson-s...

🗣️ ain't no power like the power of a union, cuz the power of a union won't stop! We're EIGHTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike and only getting louder. Let's hear it for baristas in Gardner, MA for holding the line! #nocontractnocoffee

Happy Thanksgiving

Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Keith Olbermann, symbolic bamboo, mediocre magazine writers, the Appalachian Trail…

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

Katie’s path to the Mayor’s office depends upon your ballot — and probably your friends’ and coworkers’, too! Track your ballot and fix any issues at the following links! Next, send these links to 10 friends and family to make sure Katie wins. #thisisyourcity

I’ve long believed, often with too little evidence, in practicing the politics of joy, fun, radical inclusivity, and love. Even if I didn’t like Mamdani’s platform, it’s very gratifying to see his kind of genuinely positive politics win the day, decisively.

The U.S. Forest Service has for decades ignored recommendations from its own scientists to monitor how much toxic smoke firefighters breathe. To find out how harmful the air gets, our reporters followed crews to the frontlines of a wildfire.

One of the secret best things about the labor movement is that we do not value Coolness. We connect, we compliment, we enthuse, we join, we are sincere, we sing in groups together. Because we believe that we are stronger, and safer, and happier when we’re connected to each other.

me: fandom is so weird you get super invested in the doings of these other people who don't even care about your opinion most of the time and your entire day is based on whether they did good or feel bad and then you have to feel the same way mom: This is just parenthood

This is probably the greatest live recording ever made. King’s song is impeccable of course (“Winter, spring, summer, or fall / all you have to do is call” is a perfect pop couplet). Hathaway’s performance is all easy, intimate charisma. Like you’re actually his BFF.

If you care about labor, you need to oppose Trump's ICE terror campaign.

If you're cis, trans people are your coalmine canary for a collection of civil liberties. BODILY AUTONOMY: does your body belong to you, or to your parents/husband/state? PRIVACY: do you owe everyone you meet a full medical history? EXPRESSION: to what extent is your clothing a legal matter?

Dreamt that Alan Moore was a YouTube influencer pitching some kind of “one weird trick” self-help book/system. Just growling through his beard, asking us to like and subscribe.

Remember WENN

Remember folks, this is the issue with “God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule.”

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Everett NewsGuild held a picket against story quotas at the Daily Herald, drawing strong community and labor support. Members say quotas threaten fair pay and quality journalism as they push for a first contract after layoffs under new ownership. www.thestand.org/2025/09/the-...

He's simply extending the work of Ronald Reagan and the modern NRA who, when Black folks legally armed themselves in self-defense, had their guns taken and banned. Folks... ...it is only and has only ever been about white supremacy.

Happy Labor Day 🙂

Y’all are never gonna believe this, but 14 years ago I married this woman.

“What if the Joker was also Woke Batman” is a perfect précis of V as a character.

These folks walk into fire to protect our communities. They put their bodies on the line to keep us safe.

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

I never had a dad, so the pop-culture role models were vital for me! My role models as a father, in descending order of influence: Dan Connor Calvin's Dad Norm Gunderson Atticus Finch Willy Wonka (as played by Gene Wilder) Tom Bombadil Bill Adama Bandit Heeler

American worker pay increased by just 3.6% in 2024. CEOs, on the other hand, saw their pay rise twice as fast -- over 7.7% increase. Median total pay for bosses at the biggest corporations rose to $19 million last year.

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

Greetings from beautiful Borat£u, Washington.

you don’t have to get ripped or learn fucking krav maga or carry a weapon on you, you can absolutely be someone’s hero just be being a decent person.