One of Many
@robinpugh.bsky.social
There is no us and them; there is only an all of us. Somehow we've gotta make this work. 🍉 Community College Educator, Union Organizer, Parent, Proud SFian, Presbyterian & Other :)
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Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
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It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Probably the worst of them all is the Ring doorbell.
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
It’s sold as safety, but it’s much more about fear and paranoia in a box that turns you against your community. The more of them in the world, the worse our neighborhoods get. Don’t help the spiral continue.
disconnect.blog/a-tech-criti...
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
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November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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The problem isn’t just historic inequality and how it creates imbalanced systems or destroys capitalism through contradictions. It’s also what intentional precarity as a weapon does to people mentally and emotionally.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The problem isn’t just historic inequality and how it creates imbalanced systems or destroys capitalism through contradictions. It’s also what intentional precarity as a weapon does to people mentally and emotionally.
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Next week, we can make the midterms even scarier for Republicans by flipping a deep-red district that Trump won by double digits. Please make some calls to help us elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social (a state representative, social worker, and former Indivisible organizer): www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Next week, we can make the midterms even scarier for Republicans by flipping a deep-red district that Trump won by double digits. Please make some calls to help us elect @aftynbehn.bsky.social (a state representative, social worker, and former Indivisible organizer): www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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80% of people want AI safety laws in place--but tech billionaires are trying to buy a federal ban on state-level AI safety laws.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
80% of people want AI safety laws in place--but tech billionaires are trying to buy a federal ban on state-level AI safety laws.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
America's unions won't back down from the fight to protect workers' jobs, rights, and freedoms from Big Tech. Read our letter to Congress below.
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A stunning conclusion to a stunning book @haymarketbooks.org www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2499-p...
November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A stunning conclusion to a stunning book @haymarketbooks.org www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2499-p...
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Set your table with union-made products this Thanksgiving! 🦃
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Set your table with union-made products this Thanksgiving! 🦃
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
Buying union-made this Thanksgiving season supports dignified jobs that offer workers good wages, healthcare, and a voice on the job. ✊
View more union-made products: aflcio.org/union-thanksgiving
#WeAreCTA #Solidarity
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As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
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MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
MSF denounces yet more bloodshed in #Gaza.
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
Our teams continue to treat critically wounded Palestinians caused by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on Nov. 19, which have left dozens dead and scores more injured.
Read the full update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-teams-tr...
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Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
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The Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bipartisan bill to restore union rights to 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in Congress!
Call your reps NOW and tell them to pass this bill and reverse the Trump admin’s union-busting executive order. https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
Call your reps NOW and tell them to pass this bill and reverse the Trump admin’s union-busting executive order. https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Protect America’s Workforce Act, our bipartisan bill to restore union rights to 1 million federal workers, is getting a vote in Congress!
Call your reps NOW and tell them to pass this bill and reverse the Trump admin’s union-busting executive order. https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
Call your reps NOW and tell them to pass this bill and reverse the Trump admin’s union-busting executive order. https://bit.ly/4r6Ep9M
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if you're wondering why we don't see as much gaza despite the steady trickle of reports that israel continued strikes throughout the "ceasefire," it's because they deliberately killed most of the journalists in palestine
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
if you're wondering why we don't see as much gaza despite the steady trickle of reports that israel continued strikes throughout the "ceasefire," it's because they deliberately killed most of the journalists in palestine
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Loser throws up a white power symbol while talking to the Vice President, who chuckles and responds, "I like this guy!"
Share far and wide, since the media refuse to call out the reality of what this administration represents.
Share far and wide, since the media refuse to call out the reality of what this administration represents.
I got the video. We shouldn't get acclimated to this racist, edgelord shit.
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Loser throws up a white power symbol while talking to the Vice President, who chuckles and responds, "I like this guy!"
Share far and wide, since the media refuse to call out the reality of what this administration represents.
Share far and wide, since the media refuse to call out the reality of what this administration represents.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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#tdih 1989, six Jesuit scholars/priests & two women were murdered by U.S. backed military in El Salvador. 💔
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#tdih 1989, six Jesuit scholars/priests & two women were murdered by U.S. backed military in El Salvador. 💔
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
Priests were internationally recognized scholars who wrote & spoke extensively about need for peace and the root causes of the war in El Salvador. ➡️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
❤️❤️❤️ Charlotte!
Now: Thousands of people in Charlotte have gathered to let Border Patrol & ICE know they’re not welcome here. We will not bow down in the face of Trump’s terror tactics. When our communities are under attack we stand up and fight back!
📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻
📆 Sun Nov 16
🕜 3:00-5:00 PM
📍Hygge
(1026 Jay St, Charlotte) 🙏🏻
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
❤️❤️❤️ Charlotte!
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Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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The people who choose to spend their lives in an idealistic pursuit of knowledge--and the social mission of disseminating it--will fight for those ideals. The assdeans in suits, appointed by a board of ex-CEOs and lawyers who were appointed by centrist democrats and republican fascists, will not.
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The people who choose to spend their lives in an idealistic pursuit of knowledge--and the social mission of disseminating it--will fight for those ideals. The assdeans in suits, appointed by a board of ex-CEOs and lawyers who were appointed by centrist democrats and republican fascists, will not.
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One of the most important lessons you have to learn about what a university "is" is a very vulgar marxist distinction between its *managers* (directly or indirectly appointed by capital and/or state government) and its *labor,* who come to the university out of love and idealism.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
One of the most important lessons you have to learn about what a university "is" is a very vulgar marxist distinction between its *managers* (directly or indirectly appointed by capital and/or state government) and its *labor,* who come to the university out of love and idealism.
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"21 labor unions and faculty associations sued Trump and 15 agencies, including the top providers of science research funding…that together award the UC more than $4 billion annually. The UC system itself is not part of this suit" calmatters.org/education/hi...
‘Unlawful coercion’: Trump can’t withhold funds or demand payment from UC, federal judge rules
A federal judge ruled Donald Trump cannot demand that UCLA pay a $1.2 billion settlement that would have restricted academic freedoms.
calmatters.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"21 labor unions and faculty associations sued Trump and 15 agencies, including the top providers of science research funding…that together award the UC more than $4 billion annually. The UC system itself is not part of this suit" calmatters.org/education/hi...
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#tdih 1969 2nd anti-war Moratorium with 500,000+ in D.C. & demonstrations throughout U.S. & world.
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
Nov. 15, 1969: Second Anti-War Moratorium
The second anti-war Moratorium occurred with over 500,000 marching in Washington, D.C. and demonstrations throughout the country and the world.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#tdih 1969 2nd anti-war Moratorium with 500,000+ in D.C. & demonstrations throughout U.S. & world.
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
Marchers carried signs with names of dead U.S. soldiers & of destroyed Vietnamese towns.
Among marchers were Vietnam War veterans.
See lessons & more 📷 ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/se...
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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“Standing for our neighbors, we shall not be moved”
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Standing for our neighbors, we shall not be moved”
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here: