GretchenD
@gbdonart.bsky.social
She/her.Workers' rights and child care campaigner. Big Purp retiree. Idaho→DEN→CHI→NYC→ SEA→DCA→OAK. Now in Richmond CA.
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
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Congratulations to Penn State's faculty for officially filing for their union today
To be represented by @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Union strong 💪🏼
To be represented by @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Union strong 💪🏼
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Congratulations to Penn State's faculty for officially filing for their union today
To be represented by @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Union strong 💪🏼
To be represented by @seiulocal668.bsky.social
Union strong 💪🏼
Our President has superior map reading skills…
We have an ocean in Ukraine!! According to President Trump ⬇️
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Our President has superior map reading skills…
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I’m not going to hand it to the Governor even though everyone is seemingly fangirling right now.
What I WILL do is my part in leveraging this moment to help get Universal Childcare passed in NY during the 2026 legislative session.
Is she all talk? Or will she make working people’s lives better?
What I WILL do is my part in leveraging this moment to help get Universal Childcare passed in NY during the 2026 legislative session.
Is she all talk? Or will she make working people’s lives better?
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’m not going to hand it to the Governor even though everyone is seemingly fangirling right now.
What I WILL do is my part in leveraging this moment to help get Universal Childcare passed in NY during the 2026 legislative session.
Is she all talk? Or will she make working people’s lives better?
What I WILL do is my part in leveraging this moment to help get Universal Childcare passed in NY during the 2026 legislative session.
Is she all talk? Or will she make working people’s lives better?
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We're demanding Starbucks resolve their outstanding ULPs and finalize union contracts with us to prevent more harm to us, their workers!
Want to join us? DON'T BUY STARBUCKS and head to www.nocontractnocoffee.org to learn more. #NoContractNoCoffee
Want to join us? DON'T BUY STARBUCKS and head to www.nocontractnocoffee.org to learn more. #NoContractNoCoffee
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We're demanding Starbucks resolve their outstanding ULPs and finalize union contracts with us to prevent more harm to us, their workers!
Want to join us? DON'T BUY STARBUCKS and head to www.nocontractnocoffee.org to learn more. #NoContractNoCoffee
Want to join us? DON'T BUY STARBUCKS and head to www.nocontractnocoffee.org to learn more. #NoContractNoCoffee
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One reason baristas are striking in 100+ cities: Starbucks has HUNDREDS of unresolved unfair labor practices.
The company has committed more labor law violations than any employer in modern history. On top of that, they're paying baristas over $35M for breaking NYC labor laws!
The company has committed more labor law violations than any employer in modern history. On top of that, they're paying baristas over $35M for breaking NYC labor laws!
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One reason baristas are striking in 100+ cities: Starbucks has HUNDREDS of unresolved unfair labor practices.
The company has committed more labor law violations than any employer in modern history. On top of that, they're paying baristas over $35M for breaking NYC labor laws!
The company has committed more labor law violations than any employer in modern history. On top of that, they're paying baristas over $35M for breaking NYC labor laws!
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this is a PSA for anyone trying to make holiday gifts in time
I forgot how crochet is like 100x faster than knitting
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
this is a PSA for anyone trying to make holiday gifts in time
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Fuck yeah 🐋
for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Fuck yeah 🐋
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Trump is engaged in nativist, racist, violent, Gestapo invasions of American communities and whose fault is that? Joe Biden's, of course. Doesn't the #BrokenTimes read the pitchbot?
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump is engaged in nativist, racist, violent, Gestapo invasions of American communities and whose fault is that? Joe Biden's, of course. Doesn't the #BrokenTimes read the pitchbot?
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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""Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable."
"Tying a dignified retirement to perpetual 7–10% S&P 500 returns, rather than it being a public good guaranteed to all people, is great for Wall Street and death to working class solidarity."
Affordability: This Math Ain't Mathing
Life in the United States for the lower 75% of income earners has become unaffordable. For people in the bottom 25% it's a full blown crisis. This has been...
buttondown.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
""Because working people have been shunted into defined contribution, self-funded retirement schemes, their futures are wedded to stock market returns in a way that people in similarly wealthy democracies find unimaginable."
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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Worth a read. It's wild to me how far American society has regressed with respect to accepting transgender people, cross-dressing, gender-bending, etc. You couldn't turn on a TV, watch a movie or read a culture magazine in the 80s without seeing positive depictions.
We're all boiled frogs.
We're all boiled frogs.
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Worth a read. It's wild to me how far American society has regressed with respect to accepting transgender people, cross-dressing, gender-bending, etc. You couldn't turn on a TV, watch a movie or read a culture magazine in the 80s without seeing positive depictions.
We're all boiled frogs.
We're all boiled frogs.
Terrific profile.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Terrific profile.
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Buried the lede: Bosses launch ballot measure to gut LA tax base
L.A. City Council president moves to delay full Olympic wage boost for tourism workers
L.A. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson has introduced a motion that would phase in the increase over a longer period of time — delaying the full $30 hourly minimum wage until 2030.
www.latimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Buried the lede: Bosses launch ballot measure to gut LA tax base
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This is beautiful. Worth your time to read.
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This is beautiful. Worth your time to read.
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Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
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A bit more than >50% of the number of Japanese Americans interned during WWII.
ICE just released new detention statistics.
As of November 30, 2025, ICE was detaining 65,735 people across the United States.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
As of November 30, 2025, ICE was detaining 65,735 people across the United States.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
www.ice.gov
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A bit more than >50% of the number of Japanese Americans interned during WWII.
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How long until Trump pardons the real fraudster in Minnesota, who is Trump's favorite color, white? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million in Federal Food Aid
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How long until Trump pardons the real fraudster in Minnesota, who is Trump's favorite color, white? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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To be clear, the 14th Amendment does not explicitly grant birthright citizenship. Rather, it explicitly grants birthright citizenship to NONWHITE people. Up until then, birthright citizenship of white people had been long presumed and practiced under common law.
Supreme Court grants cert to sub-frivolous appeal www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Supreme Court grants cert to sub-frivolous appeal - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Normally, the Supreme Court does not decide questions like “can Wyoming declare itself to have 30 senators?” or “can a 3-year-old be elected President of the United States,” but those were different t...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
To be clear, the 14th Amendment does not explicitly grant birthright citizenship. Rather, it explicitly grants birthright citizenship to NONWHITE people. Up until then, birthright citizenship of white people had been long presumed and practiced under common law.
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Big news: Our union just ratified a powerhouse new contract — and it is transformative. 📢
We won higher wages, shorter workweeks, stronger protections, and the kind of respect every worker deserves. Let’s dig in 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Big news: Our union just ratified a powerhouse new contract — and it is transformative. 📢
We won higher wages, shorter workweeks, stronger protections, and the kind of respect every worker deserves. Let’s dig in 🧵
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congrats to my former colleagues @mmfa.bsky.social for being official thought criminals
Apparently fact-checking is now considered a threat to national security.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
congrats to my former colleagues @mmfa.bsky.social for being official thought criminals