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Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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The actual worry is always that in places with weak governments they might prioritize data center water demand over human water demand in detrimental ways, and that is a real worry, even if the data center demand itself is small in absolute terms
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The actual worry is always that in places with weak governments they might prioritize data center water demand over human water demand in detrimental ways, and that is a real worry, even if the data center demand itself is small in absolute terms
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this is how you write a social media summary of a policy proposal
Trump wants homebuyers to take 50-year mortgages. It’d lower monthly bills by about $100, and double the amount of interest homeowners pay. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/05yJqjB
Endless Mortgage - The American Prospect
The median age of a homebuyer right now is 59, and even for a first-time homebuyer, it’s 40. Nobody really wants to be in debt until they die.
trib.al
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
this is how you write a social media summary of a policy proposal
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Impressive organizing in NYC preparing to push back against the occupation of the city. Check it out if you're a New Yorker!
Don't mess with New York—we will always protect our neighbors.
The people power and organizing capacity of NYC is unstoppable. We are mobilizing across every borough, on every block, to defend democracy and protect our neighborhoods—and we need your help.
Join us and get trained at HandsOffNYC.com
The people power and organizing capacity of NYC is unstoppable. We are mobilizing across every borough, on every block, to defend democracy and protect our neighborhoods—and we need your help.
Join us and get trained at HandsOffNYC.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Impressive organizing in NYC preparing to push back against the occupation of the city. Check it out if you're a New Yorker!
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No poll or research based solely on an online survey can ever be trusted again (and they never should have been in the first place), pass it on
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
No poll or research based solely on an online survey can ever be trusted again (and they never should have been in the first place), pass it on
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They are already downsizing (not rightsizing) SNAP via back door administrative means. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
Rollins on why Americans will have to reapply for SNAP: "Clearly there's a right-sizing that needs to happen. The unintended consequence of the Democrat shutdown is now the spotlight has been shined on and we have to make sure we're able to make sure it's going to the right people."
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They are already downsizing (not rightsizing) SNAP via back door administrative means. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
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Meanwhile in Catholic schools, the environment is getting even worse for trans and queer people.
It never was good to start with but this is horrific.
www.them.us/story/ursuli...
It never was good to start with but this is horrific.
www.them.us/story/ursuli...
Catholic Teachers Allowed Slurs and Food Hurled at Gay Student, New Lawsuit Alleges
Reports indicate the student was called “f***ot," even in the precence of teachers.
www.them.us
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Meanwhile in Catholic schools, the environment is getting even worse for trans and queer people.
It never was good to start with but this is horrific.
www.them.us/story/ursuli...
It never was good to start with but this is horrific.
www.them.us/story/ursuli...
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Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
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This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
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This was not a big ask: it would have given Congress more time to consider pocket recissions submitted late in the year.
Dems should be working on a more aggressive version of this language for the next shutdown showdown in January.
Dems should be working on a more aggressive version of this language for the next shutdown showdown in January.
An important piece of reporting. Even congressional Republicans wanted to include appropriations-bill language to protect Congress's power of the purse. But Russ Vought has pressured them to cut the language, and the House Republicans rolled over. www.notus.org/congress/mar...
A Top Republican Wanted to Reclaim Congress’ Spending Authority. The White House Stopped Him.
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, a top appropriator, tried to add guardrails from ‘pocket rescissions’ in an appropriations bill. But then Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vought talked to him.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This was not a big ask: it would have given Congress more time to consider pocket recissions submitted late in the year.
Dems should be working on a more aggressive version of this language for the next shutdown showdown in January.
Dems should be working on a more aggressive version of this language for the next shutdown showdown in January.
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St. Paul, MN. ICE abducted someone here yesterday.
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
St. Paul, MN. ICE abducted someone here yesterday.
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We honestly only know about like 20% of Trump’s atrocities
You have to follow the link to Twitter to see Vindman's actual statement. He calls on Trump to release the transcript of his call with MBS after Khashoggi murder. But he makes pretty clear that Trump gave MBS a big high five after he ordered JK sawed into parts. x.com/RepVindman/s...
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We honestly only know about like 20% of Trump’s atrocities
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Things must be going a lot worse than we all suspect
BLS SAYS IT WON'T PUBLISH OCT. JOBS REPORT
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Things must be going a lot worse than we all suspect
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I have long said people don't be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts as much as they should be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts
“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I have long said people don't be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts as much as they should be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts
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"Democracy is dying in the West because it has been overtaken by a caste of professionals, politicians and technocrats, for whom democracy is a slogan, a contest, a source of legitimacy in an instrumental sense, but not an idea or ideal they respect or aspire to."
Running on democracy hasn't been tried
drafts @ interfluidity
drafts.interfluidity.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Democracy is dying in the West because it has been overtaken by a caste of professionals, politicians and technocrats, for whom democracy is a slogan, a contest, a source of legitimacy in an instrumental sense, but not an idea or ideal they respect or aspire to."
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Since people asked, my top places for trans people right now are France, Australia (parts), Canada (parts), Spain (though politics there are tenuous), Iceland, Uruguay.
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Since people asked, my top places for trans people right now are France, Australia (parts), Canada (parts), Spain (though politics there are tenuous), Iceland, Uruguay.
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This is, of course, a stark betrayal of the New School’s storied history and animating spirit. It demonstrates something many of us know intellectually but have trouble grasping: many university leaders *do not care* about, even *actively despise*, the basic values that bring us to work every day.
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is, of course, a stark betrayal of the New School’s storied history and animating spirit. It demonstrates something many of us know intellectually but have trouble grasping: many university leaders *do not care* about, even *actively despise*, the basic values that bring us to work every day.
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BLS Cancels October Jobs Report, Couldn’t Collect Some Data
BLS Cancels October Jobs Report, Couldn’t Collect Data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said it will not publish an October employment report, and noted it will incorporate those payrolls figures into the November report set to be published in December.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
BLS Cancels October Jobs Report, Couldn’t Collect Some Data
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Yikes — Rep Maria Salazar declines to criticize Trump for saying “quiet, piggy” to a female reporter, saying “no one is perfect” and calling him “picturesque”
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yikes — Rep Maria Salazar declines to criticize Trump for saying “quiet, piggy” to a female reporter, saying “no one is perfect” and calling him “picturesque”
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Fearmongering was rejected in this election.
Voters want real solutions that better our communities, not attacks on abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and other freedoms for every person in the country.
Voters want real solutions that better our communities, not attacks on abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and other freedoms for every person in the country.
2025 Election Takeaways
Voters built momentum towards future midterm elections for key civil liberties issues
www.aclu.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fearmongering was rejected in this election.
Voters want real solutions that better our communities, not attacks on abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and other freedoms for every person in the country.
Voters want real solutions that better our communities, not attacks on abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and other freedoms for every person in the country.
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🚨PEEVE ALERT🚨
Outrage/Threat Level: Mildly Irksome
When restaurant menus refer to sandwiches as “handhelds”
Outrage/Threat Level: Mildly Irksome
When restaurant menus refer to sandwiches as “handhelds”
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🚨PEEVE ALERT🚨
Outrage/Threat Level: Mildly Irksome
When restaurant menus refer to sandwiches as “handhelds”
Outrage/Threat Level: Mildly Irksome
When restaurant menus refer to sandwiches as “handhelds”
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It’s really not funny that the federal government is throwing away basic criminal procedure in a rush to indict political enemies, but it IS hilarious.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s really not funny that the federal government is throwing away basic criminal procedure in a rush to indict political enemies, but it IS hilarious.
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Release the transcript.
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Release the transcript.