The Nevada AFL-CIO just unanimously voted to support sex workers’ right to unionize. This is unprecedented in US history.

Boston, don’t have plans for Labor Day yet? Now you do! 💃🏽 Come see Lizzie Borden’s iconic film, Working Girls, about a day in the life of a sex worker working in an underground Manhattan brothel. I’ll be moderating the talkback, come join us!

Boston Sex Workers and Allies Collective (BSWAC)@bostonswac.bsky.social · 3w ago

@bostonswac.bsky.social and @somervilletheatre.bsky.social are proud to present Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls (1986) on September 7th! Come join us for a talkback with some of our members! Purchase tickets here: somervilletheatre.com/production/working-girls

I’m glad Abdul El-Sayed won, but the fact he keeps distancing himself from socialism makes me suspicious of him.

what if AI breaks out, determines socialism is better, and imposes it on us

I just discovered this incredible documentary on the formation of the first sex worker union recognized by the government in Chile, trans sex worker union Sindicato Afrodita. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMb8...

Sindicalizar la Esquina

YouTube video by Sindicato Afrodita

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I moved house this week because my landlord didn’t renew our lease, and instead of having to pay hundreds of dollars for movers, multiple members of my DSA chapter volunteered to help me do it. This is what community and mutual aid looks like.

I’m incredibly honored that the @bostonglobe.com has recognized our work at MintStars to build a more equitable platform for adult content creators! Sex workers should have ownership in the platforms they help build, and MintStars is now 20% owned by its content creators.

MintStars@mintstars.bsky.social · last mo.

What happens when creators aren’t just users of a platform, but owners too? The Boston Globe took a closer look at MintStars, our creator co-ownership model, and why we believe the future of the creator economy should be built with creators, not just for them. Article below 👇

my boyfriend who grew up in a Christian conservative household explained to me that the only vice they’re allowed is sweets and suddenly things made so much sense

Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami on charges of rape and sex trafficking. UK to seek extradition over sexual exploitation, 'extreme pornography' and assault and indecent images of a child. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

What if when Mitch McConnell comes back we all just pretend he’s dead until he himself comes to believe he’s a ghost

i’m such a good girlfriend

I went to a talk this week about prostitution from a Marxist perspective. The speaker claimed not to be abolitionist but to put forward a 3rd position between abolitionism & regulationism. But the entire time she still used the term “women in a situation of prostitution.”

This is very cool. Workers rights includes sex workers.

404 Media@404media.co · 2mo ago

One of the co-founders of MintStars, a subscription site used by adult content creators, announced she's giving 20 percent of her stake in the company to a pool for the platform's creators.

Thanks so much to 404 for covering this. To clarify, I gave away all my stake in @mintstars.bsky.social, not 20% of my stake. I owned 23% of the company, and it went to a 20% co-ownership pool for creators and a 3% donation to @swopbehindbars.bsky.social

404 Media@404media.co · 2mo ago

One of the co-founders of MintStars, a subscription site used by adult content creators, announced she's giving 20 percent of her stake in the company to a pool for the platform's creators.

What if adult content platforms were owned by the sex workers who built them? I think they all should be, so I’m putting my money where my mouth is. I’ve donated all my shares in @mintstars.bsky.social to sex workers. Honored to be featured in this article by @samleecole.bsky.social!

MintStars@mintstars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We want to give a huge thanks to @404media.co and @samleecole.bsky.social for covering our Creator Co-Ownership announcement in their latest article! 💚 🗞️ This news is too good to go unseen! www.404media.co/mintstars-fo...

A lesson for the left: When you take Trump as proof of standards for behavior not mattering in politics anymore, you get candidates who have behaved like Trump.

We need more of this in the adult industry. This is a huge opportunity for creators! 👀

MintStars@mintstars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today, we sent a letter to all our creators announcing a major change in MintStars’ ownership. We’re giving our creators a 20% financial stake in MintStars.

Finally, a platform is giving creators on it equity in the company. Co-founder @jessicavanmeir.bsky.social is donating her ownership stake to create an equity pool for creators. "All workers, but especially s*x workers, should have ownership in the companies they help build."

MintStars@mintstars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today, we sent a letter to all our creators announcing a major change in MintStars’ ownership. We’re giving our creators a 20% financial stake in MintStars.

Name another company that gives us any ownership. They're also doing it in a tax advantaged way so as not to fuck us financially. I've said it before, I'll say it again: This is a platform I am proud to be part of, and sorry I couldn't start sooner. Join: mintstars.com/ref/obhw7w26... #oursky

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Take control of your content and earnings. MintStars is a subscription platform for creators, models, and their fans.

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MintStars@mintstars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today, we sent a letter to all our creators announcing a major change in MintStars’ ownership. We’re giving our creators a 20% financial stake in MintStars.

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Swop Behind Bars is an amazing sex worker’s organization, they have my total support and I’m really pleased to see this happen, thanks to Jessica and everyone else who made this happen.

Jessica Van Meir@jessicavanmeir.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SWOP Behind Bars, an incredible s*x workers’ rights organization, has graciously agreed to custody my voting rights to ensure the company makes decisions in the best interests of s*x workers in the future.

I’m incredibly proud to complete a goal today that I’ve had for many years - building the first platform for adult content creators that’s co-owned by the creators themselves. I’ve donated my 23% stake in MintStars to a creator co-ownership pool and to @swopbehindbars.bsky.social.

MintStars@mintstars.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today, we sent a letter to all our creators announcing a major change in MintStars’ ownership. We’re giving our creators a 20% financial stake in MintStars.

KLM decided to warn us about our phones exploding in flight

BIG RESULT: New York state Senator Jessica Ramos, who gave Andrew Cuomo a surprise endorsement near the end of the mayoral primary last year, has lost her seat. She is ousted in today's Dem primary by Jessica González-Rojas, an assemblymember endorsed by many left figures like AOC.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision to throw out the rent control ballot initiative is an outrage. I’m no lawyer, but surely had the measure *not* included a religious exemption, they would have also thrown it out on that grounds. Seems like a Catch-22. www.wgbh.org/news/politic...

Rent control question disqualified due to religious exemption

Massachusetts voters will not have the opportunity to repeal the state's three-decade ban on rent control on November's ballot.

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Beacon Hill has until July 1 to pass a deal on rent control. Let your legislators know that you want action to fight displacement. #mapoli actionnetwork.org/letters/rent...

Beacon Hill: Take Action on Rent Control

We are in a severe housing affordability crisis. Skyrocketing rent increases are making it impossible for families, young people, and older adults to remain in their communities and plan for their fut...

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May everyone involved in this ruling be forced to move out of their homes

State House News Service@statehousenews.com · 2mo ago

NEW: The ballot question proposing a statewide rent control system will not appear on the Nov. 3 ballot because it includes an exemption for facilities operated for religious purposes, an "excluded matter" under the constitution, the SJC ruled Tuesday morning. #mapoli

My heart is in Colombia today.

Shonda Rhimes really outdid herself with this whole reflecting pool plotline

tired of the "#1 dad" nonsense. if you're a dad, stop treating it like a joke and post your actual national dad ranking. i'm # 492,018, which is actually really high up there, but more importantly it lets me enter ranked dad lobbies where i can get matched up for fistfights with dads of my caliber