Jen Cypher
@jencypher.bsky.social
Abandoned chair enthusiast. Recovering academic. Anarchist labour nerd. Sufferin bus regular.
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Almost 15,000 New York City nurses go on strike. "Staffing levels are a top issue for striking nurses. The union says nurses are dealing with unmanageable workloads. Nurses also want improved security in hospitals, better pay, and fully-funded benefits." abc7ny.com/post/nyc-nur...
Nurses' union alleges illegal firings, union busting amid their biggest strike in NYC history
The largest nurse strike in city history continues, with nearly 15,000 nurses striking after no agreement was reached ahead of deadline.
abc7ny.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Almost 15,000 New York City nurses go on strike. "Staffing levels are a top issue for striking nurses. The union says nurses are dealing with unmanageable workloads. Nurses also want improved security in hospitals, better pay, and fully-funded benefits." abc7ny.com/post/nyc-nur...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, describes what a "radically truthful" journalism would look like. www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-bui...
How to build a radically truthful news outlet
The old ways don’t work. Time to declare war on the liars.
www.stopthepresses.news
January 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, describes what a "radically truthful" journalism would look like. www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-to-bui...
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
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Friday Links is UP! Featuring @jonnydiamond.bsky.social @albertburneko.bsky.social @tiffany.thetriibe.com @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @dmbrown-tboy.bsky.social @barryp.bsky.social @mulchy.bsky.social @yoadrianididit.bsky.social and MORE!
www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657954
www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657954
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Agree! If only for a backup copy, but really you should be reading from a page and you should have practiced.
Hot tip from someone who has taught public speaking for multiple decades, don’t ever give a public speech or public statement from notes on your phone. Memorize them, write em up by hand, or find a way to print them.
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Agree! If only for a backup copy, but really you should be reading from a page and you should have practiced.
On a loop.
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 10:54 PM
On a loop.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
Not everything sucks.
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Not everything sucks.
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As the right-wing meme page Canada Proud was posting calls to "DEFUND THE CBC," the same PR firm behind it was being indirectly funded by CBC journalists’ own union dues.
Yeah. And that's not all.
So I’m teaming up with my friends at @nationalobserver.com to tell you all about it:
Yeah. And that's not all.
So I’m teaming up with my friends at @nationalobserver.com to tell you all about it:
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
As the right-wing meme page Canada Proud was posting calls to "DEFUND THE CBC," the same PR firm behind it was being indirectly funded by CBC journalists’ own union dues.
Yeah. And that's not all.
So I’m teaming up with my friends at @nationalobserver.com to tell you all about it:
Yeah. And that's not all.
So I’m teaming up with my friends at @nationalobserver.com to tell you all about it:
The restraint.
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The restraint.
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“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“Fuck ICE!” chants & a brass band performing “Which side are you on?” as hundreds march in Manhattan, NYC against ICE and in solidarity with Minneapolis.
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At the last-minute vigil at Portland City Hall, organized to honor the two people shot this afternoon by federal agents. Several Portland councilors will hold a press conference here starting in 10 min.
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
At the last-minute vigil at Portland City Hall, organized to honor the two people shot this afternoon by federal agents. Several Portland councilors will hold a press conference here starting in 10 min.
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Breaking: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani got an early win on a signature policy proposal thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
bit.ly/49wVEct
bit.ly/49wVEct
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Breaking: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani got an early win on a signature policy proposal thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
bit.ly/49wVEct
bit.ly/49wVEct
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In a period of rising inequality and renewed union-management conflict, @profsavage.bsky.social and Adam King make the case that Canada needs better and more accurate labour relations data.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
#canlab @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
#canlab @theconversation.com
Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
Canada does a poor job of gathering labour relations information. In a period of rising inequality and renewed workplace conflict, stakeholders need better data.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
In a period of rising inequality and renewed union-management conflict, @profsavage.bsky.social and Adam King make the case that Canada needs better and more accurate labour relations data.
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
#canlab @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/why-canada-n...
#canlab @theconversation.com
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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Mpls 📣 call to action📣
Please call + email TONIGHT:
>Superintendent Sayles-Adams [email protected], 612-668-0200
>Deputy Superintendent Thompson,
[email protected], 612-668-0223u
> SB President Collin Beachy
[email protected], 612.668.0447
Please call + email TONIGHT:
>Superintendent Sayles-Adams [email protected], 612-668-0200
>Deputy Superintendent Thompson,
[email protected], 612-668-0223u
> SB President Collin Beachy
[email protected], 612.668.0447
January 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Mpls 📣 call to action📣
Please call + email TONIGHT:
>Superintendent Sayles-Adams [email protected], 612-668-0200
>Deputy Superintendent Thompson,
[email protected], 612-668-0223u
> SB President Collin Beachy
[email protected], 612.668.0447
Please call + email TONIGHT:
>Superintendent Sayles-Adams [email protected], 612-668-0200
>Deputy Superintendent Thompson,
[email protected], 612-668-0223u
> SB President Collin Beachy
[email protected], 612.668.0447
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Boycott, divest, and sanction the United States.
We want and need you to.
We want and need you to.
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Boycott, divest, and sanction the United States.
We want and need you to.
We want and need you to.
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A personal account of the attack on Venezuela and the current situation there, from @globalvoices.org's Venezuelan contributor and social media editor:
globalvoices.org/2026/01/05/a...
globalvoices.org/2026/01/05/a...
A new, terrifying sound: A Venezuelan account of the the attack on Caracas
“I thought Venezuelans had already heard every sound the country’s violence had to offer. But this was something new — terrifying in its unfamiliarity.”
globalvoices.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A personal account of the attack on Venezuela and the current situation there, from @globalvoices.org's Venezuelan contributor and social media editor:
globalvoices.org/2026/01/05/a...
globalvoices.org/2026/01/05/a...