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Thanks #scishow for this great video explaining chronic fatigue syndrome /MECFS, it's post-viral occurrence, and PEM. #ME/CFS #MECFS #Epstein-Barr #longcovid #PEM youtu.be/wxSwYUennBA?...

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“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.

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Wow, listen to this guy. He served as chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, former senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and serves as board member @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & the Society of Labor Economists, & is generally a great labor economist. ⬇️

submitted 5 days ago • 8 comments

Q: Has COVID-19 increased ME/CFS cases? A: Before 2020, 1-3 million people in the U.S. had ME/CFS. Now, research suggests that number may be as high as 15 million due to COVID-19. We need more awareness, research, and care! 💙 #MECFS #LongCOVID #IACCs #ChronicIllness #BHC @openmedf.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

submitted 6 days ago • 840 comments

strongly agreed with Cara. some of y'all talk like you have hidden a spare population of unproblematic, unpropagandized people to build a mass movement out of under your couch cushions or something.

submitted 6 days ago • 25 comments

Metaphors getting increasingly heavy handed bsky.app/profile/joel...

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

submitted 7 days ago • 1538 comments

This is the problem with the entire positivist pundit group, they see everything as discrete policy issues with merits and demerits that can be tallied up, we can take some of this, and reject some of that. That's now what we are dealing with.

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 8 days ago • 5663 comments

BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.

submitted 11 days ago • 538 comments

cold comfort, but these tweets are going to look great copy-pasted into someone's complaint when they sue over these funds being turned off

submitted 13 days ago • 13 comments

How might eligibility for Medi-Cal change for fast-food workers with the new $20 minimum wage? Read our report: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/estimating-t... @elopezlira.bsky.social @kjacobs9.bsky.social

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Interested in workers' rights? Join us Feb 12 at 5:30pm at NYU Wagner for a panel w/ 4 dynamic worker advocates & organizers. They'll also share thoughts on protecting workers in the new federal landscape. Reception to follow! Registration required. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/careers-in...

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Support striking workers!

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@wearecta.bsky.social's “We Can’t Wait” campaign is aligning contracts in 32 districts. "CTA is correct to say this is unprecedented for teachers’ unions. We have seen success in private sector unions aligning contracts across regions," said @kjacobs9.bsky.social. edsource.org/2025/califor...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

His administration is literally composed of men who beat and batter women.

submitted 18 days ago • 332 comments

IRLE mourns the sudden and senseless loss of brilliant and beloved scholar, colleague, mentor and public sociologist Michael Burawoy.

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Michael Burawoy is one of the reasons I came to love sociology. I admired him so much, both for his scholarship and activism, but also his deep humanity. It was a privilege to know him and the many brilliant students he produced. What a profound loss to the world we have suffered today. RIP Michael.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

I cannot say what I wish to say. But what an absolute embarassment. bsky.app/profile/dcei...

submitted 19 days ago • 39 comments

If we want to ever build the majorities needed to get out of this mess, we will need to organize people who sat out the last election or even voted for the monster. I understand the bitter feelings behind all of the schadenfreude/FAFO posts--but it won't help us win.

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: an honor to have the great @davetuller1.bsky.social writing for us, covering the recent scandal at Cochrane over their flawed ME/CFS review. thesicktimes.org/2025/02/04/r...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

A direct cause of this constitutional crisis

submitted 19 days ago • 20 comments

I loved this essay when it first came out and I am glad it is being reposted. Every word is necessary. Read this.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

submitted 20 days ago • 1622 comments

"A strike that would have seen some 18,000 workers at Costco around the US walk off the job at midnight was averted on Saturday, with the Teamsters union reaching a tentative agreement just before the deadline. Full terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed publicly." via @msainato.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Thanks to @moreperfectunion.bsky.social for this work. The signs of a coming crisis were there for all who cared to look. I also warned about the growing danger in this piece for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social jacobin.com/2023/09/reag... @josheidelson.bsky.social @jamieson.bsky.social

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This morning, we learned that President Trump fired Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, whose Senate-confirmed term runs until 2028. This move must be called out for what it is—a frontal assault on the NLRB, its employees, workers, and the very idea of an independent civil service. 🚨

submitted 26 days ago • 15 comments

From my colleagues at the Berkeley Labor Center:

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Students: Apply by February 7 for the UC Berkeley Labor Summer paid internship! Details and application: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer...

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Democrats are calling on Trump officials to “restore full operations at NIH,” warning that it’s threatening medical research. “Without quick corrective action, the consequences of further disruption could be disastrous,” @raskin.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov and Sen. Alsobrooks write.

submitted 27 days ago • 19 comments

Under a proposed ordinance in Chicago, rideshare drivers' earnings would significantly increase but would still be below a living wage for Cook County. Read our study: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/chicago-tran... @kjacobs9.bsky.social

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This. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...

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My father was 10 and living in Bergen when the Germans occupied Norway in April of 1940. He almost never talked about it but every time he did he broke down. Very much related to Tor’s thread, you should watch Nr. 24. It’s onNetflix.

submitted 29 days ago • 34 comments

My husband - like nearly 7% of American adults - is suffering from debilitating long COVID. The NIH clinical trials on long COVID are of critical importance, as is all of the research done there.

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 30 days ago • 1357 comments

Late to this but it's so damn funny. Furman wrote "Walmart: A Progressive Success Story" in the 2000s, presenting himself as the definitive interpreter of this company's benefits. Now research comes out saying it's uniformly bad for communities, and his response? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

BREAKING: the green vests of REI Union Greensboro voted #UnionYES today, officially making REI Greensboro the eleventh unionized REI store in the country! We are so excited to welcome these workers to the RWDSU!

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