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Jen Cypher
@jencypher.bsky.social
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Abandoned chair enthusiast. Recovering academic. Anarchist labour nerd. Sufferin bus regular.
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the Black Panthers were right
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I am so goddamn proud of her.
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d
“She’s not from here.”
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
jencypher.bsky.social
The best eight seconds of footage in sport. Is this a match or the trailer for Heated Rivalry with lesbian curlers?!
dangartland.bsky.social Dan Gartland @dangartland.bsky.social · 2d
this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
February 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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swordsjew.bsky.social
in which i discuss the reuben, a glorious sandwich and the pride of omaha

and the patriarch reuben, disowned by his father for being a slut

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Notable Sandwiches #138: Reuben
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I trip merrily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...
buttondown.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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unionjobs.bsky.social
UNITE HERE Local 1 seeks an Organizing Apprentice to be based in Madison, WI. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @unitehere.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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kimkelly.bsky.social
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social

Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
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Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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aflcio.org
Educators in San Francisco are fighting for better health benefits, better wages, improved special education and more. Their fight to get SFUSD to invest in classrooms, educators and students’ futures is all of our fight.

Solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco on strike!
Teachers strike grips San Francisco
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February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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atrupar.com

"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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johncke.bsky.social
Solidarity with those challenging Herzog's visit to Australia. #HerzogOut
February 10, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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br00t4c.bsky.social
Quebecers in several cities gathered Saturday to protest the end of an immigration program known as the PEQ. While the province has replaced it with a new skilled worker selection program many are left in limbo and others warn the move will hurt Quebec’s economy

#qcpoli

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Protests across Quebec push back against abolition of immigration program
YouTube video by CBC News Quebec
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February 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
jencypher.bsky.social
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“Where are you supposed to be right now?”
tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 9d
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

'That's not what it means.'
damonyoung.com.au Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 9d
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“So what’s left over for me after your fees and the subagents’ fees and the withholding tax?”
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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melissagiragrant.com
can’t not hear and see:
photograph of David Wojnarowicz’s black leather jacket, reading: If I die of AIDS, forget burial – drop my body on the steps of the FDA” (courtesy The David Wojnarowicz Papers, The Downtown Collection, Fales Library, New York University) via https://wojfound.org/timeline_event/1988-july-if-i-die-of-aids/
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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“Kids Who Die”
Langston Hughes, 1938
This is for the kids who die, Black and white, For kids will die certainly. The old and rich will live on awhile, As always, Eating blood and gold, Letting kids die. Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi Organizing sharecroppers. Kids will die in the streets of Chicago Organizing workers. Kids will die in the orange groves of California Telling others to get together. Whites and Filipinos, Negroes and Mexicans, All kinds of kids will die Who don't believe in lies, and bribes, and contentment And a lousy peace. Of course, the wise and the learned Who pen editorials in the papers, And the gentlemen with Dr. in front of their names. White and black, Who make surveys and write books. Will live on weaving words to smother the kids who die, And the sleazy courts, And the bribe-reaching police, And the blood-loving generals, And the money-loving preachers Will all raise their hands against the kids who die, Beating them with laws and clubs and bayonets and bullets To frighten the people— For the kids who die are like iron in the blood of the people— And the old and rich don't want the people To taste the iron of the kids who die, Don't want the people to get wise to their own power, To believe an Angelo Herndon, or even get together. Listen, kids who die— Maybe, now, there will be no monument for you Except in our hearts Maybe your bodies'll be lost in a swamp. Or a prison grave, or the potter's field, Or the rivers where you're drowned like Leibknecht. But the day will come— You are sure yourselves that it is coming— When the marching feet of the masses Will raise for you a living monument of love, And joy, and laughter, And black hands and white hands clasped as one, And a song that reaches the sky— The song of the life triumphant Through the kids who die.
February 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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katejackson.bsky.social
For those in southwest Ohio worried about a possible ICE surge next week, you can sign up to connect with community here:

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GET INVOLVED
This group is for communities in the Greater Cincinnati & Northern KY area to protect neighbors targeted by ICE and over-policing—especially Hispanic, Black, immigrant, undocumented, trans, queer, and...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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lauragmitchell.com
I ❤️ Minneapolis

This ride was incredible, especially our interactions with folks at the memorials and with neighbors cheering on from their windows/porches.

ICE out, now.
January 31, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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blackpanther25.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Hundreds in Vancouver protest Hootsuite's contract with U.S. Homeland Security(ICE-Gestapo)
Two U.S. citizens were 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 by ICE -the protest comes as Canadian companies that do business with ICE are facing increasing blowback for supporting Fascism.
#CanadaSky🇨🇦

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Hundreds in Vancouver protest Hootsuite's contract with U.S. Department of Homeland Security | CBC News
Around 250 people turned out in the pouring rain on Friday evening at the headquarters of Vancouver tech company Hootsuite, protesting a recently-publicized contract with the U.S. Department of Homela...
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January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
jencypher.bsky.social
Hell yes! Unions for all the things, for everyone!
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17d
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.

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The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: BALTIMORE JOINS NATIONAL STRIKE AGAINST ICE TERROR & TRUMP AUTHORITARIANISM

I'm on the ground for @therealnews.com. More coverage coming...
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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rinewithoutacat.bsky.social
I have been vocally frustrated about a lack of solidarity with US folks from points north, but credit where it's due:

We've had investigative pieces (multiplying!), a few protests planned, some teaching-focused events, and now *gestures at the Bonhomme Carnival*.

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A graphic that says: Fuck Trump Fuck ICE Solidarité de Québec à Minneapolis
January 29, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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New one for us: most viewed story on the entire @us.theguardian.com site.
Most viewed What readers are clicking on ‘Fascism is here now’: the US athletes pushing back on Trump’s America Minnesota raids continue as DHS report indicates two agents fired guns at Alex Pretti Mexico’s president says cancellation of oil shipment to Cuba is ‘sovereign’ decision Live Trump continues to rail against Ilhan Omar after Minneapolis town hall attack – live ‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics
January 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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prognews.bsky.social
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California & Hawaii go on strike. “More than 31,000 workers across at least two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics run by the non-profit health care system walked off the job at 7 a.m. PT..." abcnews.go.com/Health/31000...
More than 31,000 nurses, health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente, arguing for safe staffing levels, fair wages
Tens of thousands of nurses and health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii went on strike on Monday morning.
abcnews.go.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
saveosc.bsky.social Save OSC @saveosc.bsky.social · 22d
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm.

Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM