Yinz are wonderful. Funds needed met & now just working on trying to get things book & arranged. You can stop sending money, but if there's - I'll put anything leftover toward however Crystal & the tenant organizing committee want to use it to help keep people warm & safe.

❗Help needed❗ Crystal White is a tenant who's had no heat for a week in this dangerous cold, with congestive heart failure which increases risk significantly in extreme cold. Help put her, 3 kids, and a service dog in a hotel to stay safe & warm through the night? venmo.com/u/Mtthewrubiin

is it just me or is logging into meta products from a computer now just an unnavigable maze half the time? infinite loop login processes that keep bring me back to the login page after logging in, asking me to verify with a code from unspecified authenticator, no 2fa text/email arriving, etc etc

most Democrats in Congress would've condemned the Warsaw Uprising and sternly demanded the Nazis investigate themselves for their conduct in concentration camps

ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings

how exactly does norton convince so many companies to try to sneak norton bloatware onto your computer in the most obnoxious ways possible? it feels like they're doing it for the nostalgia of 90's popup ads kept alive through norton premium upgrade windows that pop up

every time you are about to spend money to buy something it might be first worth wondering if your local library has a resource that could help. it's a small thing, but get to know what they have, use it, and evangelize it. public goods and real third spaces help build community and save money.

i desperately need to know if this baby is ok because i’m going to lose my mind, you know?

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a selection of institutions older than ice: shake shack, spongebob squarepants, the bourne movie series, seven nation army by the white stripes, benson boone, and the actor who played mike in stranger things ICE is not an impervious, everlasting thing. it doesn't need to exist. it shouldn't exist.

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

the thing about “ICE needs training” is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor he’s the kind of guy they get training from the whole institution is rotten, throw it out

good advice to read this book, from a rally in Boston yesterday. @alexvitale.bsky.social

This is the logical conclusion of cop worship in the US

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress

be careful yall pgh roads are real slippy tn saw a pizza delivery guy walking 2 blocks rather than trying to drive down a hill in my neighborhood & rather than try to walk the hill, he opted for a controlled slide on his feet down the icy road if you're ordering delivery your tip better be amazing

The closing of the CP and the PG aren't just like, a bummer, or like a regular fuck-the-Blocks moment. It's a drastic reduction in citizens' ability to stay informed and hold our local government accountable, which in today's political environment will have consequences that make my head spin.

Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...

shutting down a 100-year-old newspaper (with roots dating to the 1700s!) rather than pay fair wages and engage in fair labor practices

The newspaper of record of my entire childhood would literally rather die than pay its unionized workers the wages and benefits that the actual Supreme Court of the United States of America decided were owed to them.

I've dedicated 9 years of my life to Pittsburgh journalism, including 3 years on strike. I'm gutted by this, and I truly hope this means the Blocks will leave Pittsburgh for good. They've done immeasurable damage to our city. Also, hit me up if you need a good copy editor or writer.

NEW: Post-Gazette to shut down 240-year-old paper after SCOTUS slaps down company’s bid to evade court order “Instead of simply following the law, the owners chose to punish local journalists and the city of Pittsburgh,” said Goldstein, president of @pghguild.com newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...

The people of Pittsburgh deserve so much better than newspaper bosses who violate federal law.

Ah fuck I used this security system and two little guys snuck into my house and destroyed my most prized possession

But the Ezra Douthglezias pundits told us that getting more folks to vote (for progressives) is a losing strategy and we need to fight for the “center”

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

more people should know that @climatedefiance.bsky.social is on a generational run of bird dogging & event disruption protests, and the world is rife with many more villains who deserve this treatment from many more of us as well.

With chants of “Rats and mice are squeaking! Ceiling pipes are leaking!” and “Housing is a human right!” a handful of tenants from a group of subsidized, troubled properties in the Hill District marched on a property management office Thursday morning, demanding fixes and a meeting with managers.

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

All of this is true. Every word. I’ve unionized two workplaces and am an active member with my union, including going to conferences to further my political education. AND YOU CAN TOO!

hello, reminder that the best way to help make mass general strikes possible where you live is to unionize your workplace and then organize to make it a fighting union developing the politics of its members through struggle, rank-and-file democracy, and intentional political education.

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

There's no legal authority to do this at all. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

every time i go to the zoom website to schedule a meeting etc they've made it harder to find the actual product people use bc they're trying so hard to pitch enterprise subscriptions to ppl who aren't yet customers that they show logged in users those pitches instead of the tools i became a user for

once again, respectfully tapping the "support local, worker-owned, billionaire-free independent media" sign

Pittsburgh, annual reminder: the Eradicate Hate Global Summit" in town this week is not about eradicating hate. I'm not going to dig through the whole speakers list because I but I wonder why a conference on eradicating hate has a partner at Jones Day, notorious union busting firm in their keynote

AI companies warn their tech will wipe out huge numbers of jobs. But what are workers finding? This week @bcmerchant.bsky.social is back to chat with @parismarx.com about whether the AI bubble is bursting and how bosses are using AI hype against workers. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/292_...

Can Zohran make New York a union town again? Only 1 in 5 NYC workers today is in a union — but a Mamdani administration would have powerful tools to turn this around 🧵

big news: the rite aide that closed on banksville - the one right in front of the staples that closed that's getting turned in to an Aldi - is getting turned into a sheetz

Tomorrow, the striking workers sit down with @post-gazette.com management in court ordered mediation to attempt to resolve our issues and settle the strike. PG executive editor Stan Wischnowski has the power to end the strike and choose to hide instead. Today we’re telling him again how we feel.

If you think Stan has acted like a coward, tell him! Go to pghguild.com/mgmt/ and see how you can call Stan and tell him to use his power as a PG VP to settle our strike!

this is among the worst advice I have ever read

Management has no right to exist

Need a new tactic for organizing against fascism? I talked with Denzel Caldwell about the power and potential of organizing public assemblies. “The People’s Movement Assembly process provides a unique opportunity for people to build a democracy that has yet to be born,” Denzel explains.

Any successful union started with two co-workers talking. You can get the pay, benefits, and respect at work that you deserve by having those conversations and organizing with your co-workers to put pressure on your boss. United we bargain, divided we beg.