I did sleep for a while, fell asleep quickly after 9pm. Now I wake to see the betting markets and the NYT agree that Trump has >95% chance of winning, and the NYT even projects Trump will win the national popular vote along with the Electoral Votes of all seven swing states. For the third time in a row, the polls failed to capture the late break ( Read more... )

Woke at 4am despite being up late AGAIN. Maybe I'll nap on the plane, I paid extra for a window seat again which makes napping easier ( Read more... )

According to the latest statistics (for 2022), only 10.1% of the US labor force belongs to a labor union, which is the lowest percentage since the BLS started measuring this ( Read more... )

https://libcom.org/article/phenomenon-bullshit-jobs-david-graeberRead more... )

With the midterms safely behind them, most Democrats in the House (including my own representative) voted to force an "agreement" upon the country's rail workers that does not include any paid sick leave ( Read more... )

Dear Representative/Senator/President ( Read more... )

Given my work schedule, I can either run my 6 miles right now, or at lunch.  The temperature will be much better at lunch, so that's when I'll try it.

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I think one of the most important rights for a labor union, if not the most important right, is the right to strike.  Rail workers are preparing to strike because of how little sick leave ( Read more... )

Although by far most of the private workforce in the US are not represented by unions (only 6% are, a record low in 2021), it turns out that our railworkers are represented by unions. And there's a deadline for contract negotiations of 12:01am on Friday morning, and there is not yet a new agreement for a contract. So the US is bracing for a ( Read more... )

The Baltimore Teachers Union is holding a fundraiser to buy high quality masks for both teachers and students.

"While many school systems around the country have purchased high filtration masks, City Schools staff and students are still largely using surgical and cloth masks which are not nearly as effective."

So far they've raised just under $10

I've tagged entries with either or both: relationship anarchy, and relationship anarchism. I've decided that I will use the relationship anarchy tag when talking about my own relationship matrix, and the relationship anarchism tag when talking about my general relationship philosophy. Anarchy being the status topic, anarchism being the advocacy ( Read more... )