Four years ago, then-President Joe Biden and both parties in Congress blocked railroad workers across the US from striking. Railroad workers tell us things have only gotten worse on the job since then.

Railroad jobs have ‘gotten worse’ since Biden and Congress blocked workers from striking

Four years ago, then-President Joe Biden and both parties in Congress blocked railroad workers across the US from striking. Railroad workers tell us things have only gotten worse on the job since then...

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Music, fashion, film, existentialism aftermath.site/charli-xcx-mus...

Damn. RIP @brooklynvegan.bsky.social. Nothing good last. That's why the future is worker owned, like @subvert.fm.

The coastal elites of Michigan have spoken

Please stop talking about how good The Samurai and The Prisoner is since it seems it will never be showing near me.

As long as suffering is profitable, there will be suffering.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Was looking for a way to send my new bands tape to @metrotimes.com and ended up finding this article about my old band. Man, I was such a twat. "I'll be dead in 10 years.", he read 14 years later. www.metrotimes.com/music-2/two-...

I promise we are still cooking up stuff. Progress is being made. If I (@thecurmudgeon.bsky.social) haven't reached out after you filled out the form, I will be soon. See you soon...

STRIKE ALERT: Prisoners across the U.S. will stage a National Prisoners' Human Rights Strike from May Day through June 19 (Juneteenth), 2027, uniting the fight to end legalized slavery with the struggle to restore voting rights to the prison class Jailhouselawyersspeak.com @jaillawspeak.bsky.social

I agree strongly with this -- in that difficult moment, the possibility of collective effort was conceivable. Not everybody felt it, but many did. I think the political class did not like this one bit.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

Been watching reviews and breakdowns of the new Spider-Man (it was good!) and everyone keeps saying everyone knew who Sadie Sink was playing. Made me glad I don't look into leaks and rumors cause I was SHOCKED.

When I first moved into my house it was broken into. They really ransacked the place. The cops came and looked around and we had this exachange, "What happened?" "I got robbed." "Yea. Sure looks like it." Then they gave me a card with a case number and left.

Em, midly@lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

As long as you identify yourself directly and personally with the cultural objects you like you will find critique intolerable, regardless of the quality of the critique or the object

“Workers are being killed and murdered everyday by Israel.” @uaw.org member Navruz Baum spoke about why rank-and-file workers pushed their union to divest from Israel, ultimately voting to sell $400,000 in Israel bonds. @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social on the vote & the organizing behind it.

United Auto Workers Divests From Israel

At the 39th Constitutional Convention, delegates voted to divest $400,000 worth of bonds in historic first.

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My band is on WCBN's Local Music Show tomorrow. I was a DJ there for like 7 years and am excited to be on the air again. Tune in at 88.3 FM or WCBN.org. Turn it to the left and rip the knob off.

Got a new phone and am in the process of discovering what widgets and apps stopped working in the 5+ years since I've bought a phone. Death by 1000 logins.

Show tonight. Special four amp guitar improv.

AIPAC understands that if they lose the Michigan primary, they're finished. It will prove their endorsement has become a toxic liability among Democratic voters. Haley Stevens barely has a campaign. All she has is tens of millions of dollars in AIPAC spending. This race is AIPAC's last stand.

Working on potential band poster. We put on an interesting show.

Got hit on at the show today. She was 67, wore a top hat, and once spent the night with Buddy Guy.

Can't wait to scream my ass off on stage tonight in a hot upstairs venue, breathing in the worst air in the world. Yippe.

Imagine how much shitting has to happen for this to register.

inthefade@ihavethatonvinyl.com · 3w ago

when did taco bell. *not* give you explosive diarrhea futurism.com/health-medic...

Getting really into folk music as a way to promote solidarity and social justice, call that Lomaxxing.

Cool Zone Media@coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 4w ago

New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 🎙️ Margaret continues her talk with Bridget Todd about the origins of folk music and the man who dedicated his life to preserving traditional art. @margaret.bsky.social @bridgettodd.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod

Tripling US union membership would shift $1.2tn to workers annually – report

Tripling US union membership would shift $1.2tn to workers annually – report

More density would also narrow racial pay gaps, while a decline in density correlated to surges in wealth inequality

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the july issue of IHTOV is here and it's a wild one. first, contributor joey corey has blessed IHTOV with an interview with the one and only lenny kaye ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...

Interview: Guitarist Lenny Kaye

Lenny Kaye might hold the world record for the longest time between his first solo single and the arrival of his first solo album (non-compilation). Over 60 years ago he sang “Crazy Like A Fox” as Lin...

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I'm not surprised all these old "great" directors of a certain generation are fine with AI. They are victims of the great men of history philosophy that tells them that all their works are theirs alone and didn't take hundreds of people working in unison to bring their vision to life. Sad.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

And another. This morning. Running for his life and hit by a truck.

Miami Herald@miamiherald.com · 3w ago

NEW: A 28-year-old man died Tuesday morning following an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations agents in St. Augustine, marking the third death involving ICE in a week.

The @UAW wants a pro-Stevens super PAC to stop using its wheel logo in campaign ads. The union says the ads distort its endorsement of @AbdulElSayed and undermine its democratic process. www.metrotimes.com/news/uaw-sla...

UAW slams pro-Stevens super PAC over ‘misleading’ campaign ads - Detroit Metro Times

The United Auto Workers on Monday accused a corporate-backed super PAC supporting U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of misleading Michigan voters by using the union’s logo in campaign ads.

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Oh hey look JOURNALISM

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

"Every week I have to learn about some new bullshit or new asshole..." really just describes how life is these days.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 4w ago

Every week I have to learn about some new bullshit or new asshole, and the memory companies are no exception