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a 16-year-old trans girl from tennessee was denied an education because she wasn't allowed to use the correct washroom. the state decided she was truant. while playing minecraft, cops busted her bedroom door down and before dragging her into foster care asked "are you winning"
i no longer work for a news organization so i can say without fear of penalty for my job that news organizations' reluctance to touch abortion and to cover it honestly (very popular! not that controversial!) for fear of seeming too liberal is a big part of why we are here
I’m the coder who’s helped take down the Texas anti-abortion website, and kept Starbucks, Kellogg’s, & Ralph’s from hiring scab workers by coding a website that generates fake applications.
Can you help me grow my network on twitter so I can keep using coding for good?
i was a complete failure in an office environment. i don’t get the weird politics. sometimes my boss would have me rsvp to a meeting for her and then she’d cancel at the last minute as a ‘power play.’ WHY
STRIKE ALERT: Media workers at @Gizmodo, @Jezebel, @TheRoot & more walked out this morning.
@Gmgunion says private equity-owned Gizmodo Media Group refuses to bargain in good faith.
They're demanding raises, healthcare guarantees for trans workers & better family leave.
All I wanted was a safe place to work. A wage that is livable across the board and better benefits. All I wanted was for others to have the courage to speak up and say they wanted the same. But that’s not what I got at all. And I’m outraged.
This is retaliation and there is no cleaning or covering that up. Two years and I have never even remotely been talked to about being behind the line off the clock…but today I was fired for it.
I got fired for “opening a door” and “being behind the line off the clock”
How many times have I made my own drinks during my lunch break. How many times have I been on the floor during a lunch break. How many times have I opened the door for mobile order when the cafe was closed