jannekeparrish.bsky.social

Organiser and activist. AppleTogether, former Texan. Opinions are my own. Check out my book! She/Her,Zij/Haar. 🇳🇱 / 🇺🇸 . 🏳️‍🌈

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

The time has come to leave this dumpster fire of a site. Musk doesn't deserve my attention.

Come find me at the link in my name!

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

Hey Texans! Starting 1 January, hospitals in #Texas are required to ask patients' citizenship status.

You are under no obligation to answer.

I highly recommend that everyone, regardless of their citizenship status, not answer. Mess up their data. Protect fellow Texans.

[7amleh حملة @7amleh]

📌7amleh has released a new report titled, “Delete the Issue: Tech Worker Testimonies on Palestinian Advocacy and Workplace Suppression.” The report, the first of its kind, shares testimonies gathered from current and former employees in major technology companies, including Meta, Google, PayPal, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Cisco. The report includes 25 testimonies that shed light on the censorship and discriminatory policies faced by employees advocating for Palestinian rights in their work environments, reflecting a systemic and structural bias against supporters of Palestinian rights within tech companies.
🔗Read report, by visiting this link: https://t.co/xrlo29vOpE

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

But it has never once broken. The worst thing wrong with it is a dead pixel. It is a tank of a phone, an absolute beast, and that's all I ever ask of it.

So here's to you, decrepit old phone. You're a glorious beast, and I love you.

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

My (less than a year old) phone is in the shop, and so I'm using the only other smartphone I have ever owned

This is a love letter to my over-a-decade-old Nexus 5.

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

Everything is in reader mode. There's nothing to do on the phone but listen to music and read the news, and even then, the fancy articles don't work. The phone doesn't even know what day it is, and has a rough guess at the time. It is an elder phone that deserves its rest.

[Tech Workers Coalition @techworkersco]

The incoming Trump presidency will mean a new wave of repression, handouts to billionaires, and attacks on workers. Join us on Tuesday, Nov 19th 5pm PT/8pm ET to learn what this election means for the tech industry and worker power. Register @ https://t.co/Newmqin2wW ✊

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

As a heads-up, anyone with deferrals or payment plans on their student loans should prepare for them to be privatised.

As crushing as student loans are, they are about to get so, so much worse.

[Terrance A. Sullivan @TASullivan]

Umm if the department of education doesn’t exist then neither do my student loans

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

One thing I found super interesting after donating my kidney was that my recipient suddenly loved garlic when she hadn't before. Bodies remember things in weird ways, and I love the science of learning more about it.

[Nikolay Kukushkin @niko_kukushkin]

We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in @NatureComms shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵https://t.co/biaahYiPRW

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

I will say it again: You cannot be pro-Trump and pro-union. It's there, in the documentation. Trump's plan is to gut unions, and he's said it all along.

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

Here's what #Project2025 says about unions:

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

TL;DR: Project 2025 advocates for:
- Promoting yellow unions
- Rescinding rules that make it harder for large corporations (like Apple) to escape responsibility through TVC arrangements and the like
- Making it harder to form a union
- Streamlining the process to decertify

[thatonemaddy.bsky.social @thatonemaddy]

Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. 🧵1/

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

@gxllian The NYT workers put out an alternate version you can play without crossing the picket line! https://t.co/KHwIXWYjI6

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

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[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

I got booted hard from sorrow to rage today by someone in one of my organising channels celebrating Trump's victory as a "strong sense of prosperity."

You cannot be pro-Trump and cannot pro-union, and you're a fool if you believe otherwise. (1/)

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

We keep us safe. We build the systems that work for us. There is no saviour but each other, no future but that which we forge.

1 May, 2028

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