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Anna Meier

@annameier.bsky.social
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Union organizer | full-time thorn in your side | your loud queer aunt 🏳️‍🌈 she/her | itinerant Midwesterner | annameier.substack.com

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And if you’re under any illusion that your campus would handle sexual violence better… no, they wouldn’t. I wrote a book about that:
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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jesus fucking Christ. Requiring students to buy a $71 clicker, forbidding them from buying a cheaper option, *and giving them a lower grade if they don't have a clicker* is unhinged.
dailyfreepress.com
STEM freshmen find attendance clicker device obsolete
Many freshmen studying STEM at Boston University were surprised when they arrived on campus and noticed an unexpected cost alongside their required textbooks and calculator: an attendance “clicker” de...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Connected to Tufts, Medford, or Somerville in any way? Then you should sign Tufts library workers' petition calling on the university to recognize the brand-new Tufts Libraries Union. ➡️
docs.google.com
We Support the Tufts Library Union!
On September 8, 2026, Tufts library staff made the brave decision to publicly announce their union with SEIU Local 888. The Tufts Library staff maintain Tufts' collections, support student and facult...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
really striking that unions require staff to canvass for candidates they've endorsed as part of their normal job responsibilities but don't require any time spent on mutual aid work, community organizing, etc. choosing to define "political work" as only "electoral work" is pretty weird! just saying!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I haven't said anything about the Cornell 7 yet because I'm tired. Something like this happened wherever you went to college. It happened 20 years ago. It happened yesterday. It will happen tomorrow. US higher ed runs on rape culture and I'm angry and you should be angry and I'm tired.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
today I went to a steward meeting & onboarded 2 new stewards & put in 3 food orders & designed 2 flyers & went to an evening event & had a couple of staff meetings & the only thing keeping me upright is the free coffee & banana bread from a kind barista who looked at me & Knew. solidarity, friend.
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If we were truly talking "top academic talent" a) Canada would be investing in the people who already work there and b) people who are teaching 5/5 at a community college and changing people's lives on a shoestring would be top of the list.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Imagine if Tufts stopped admitting white men bc a white male former student allegedly did a crime. Oh wait. That exact scenario happened (Steve Tisch, Epstein files) & Tufts did nothing of the sort bc that'd be ridiculous. But the same logic is fine for formerly incarcerated folks of color? Cool
tuftsdaily.com
‘TUPIT matters’: Students maintain community as future of TUPIT remains unclear - The Tufts Daily
MyTERN, the Education and Reentry Network program run by the Tufts University Prison Initiative at Tisch College, brings formerly incarcerated students to the Tufts campus to learn alongside full-time...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tufts library staff are unionizing with SEIU 888! If you have any connection to Tufts, and/or are a Somerville/Medford resident, please sign this petition calling on President Sunil Kumar to voluntarily recognize their union.
docs.google.com
We Support the Tufts Library Union!
On September 8, 2026, Tufts library staff made the brave decision to publicly announce their union with SEIU Local 888. The Tufts Library staff maintain Tufts' collections, support student and facult...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Massachusetts: ICE watch groups report that ICE is all over New Bedford this afternoon. Stay safe.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A real win for undergrad workers at a university that respects no workers but especially not young people who dare to fight back. The story of how this came to be:
dailyfreepress.com
ResLife union reaches settlement with BU over additional jobs for employees
The Service Employees International Union Local 509 reached a settlement with Boston University Sept. 8 over the previous restriction on Residence Life workers taking on additional on-campus jobs.  Fo...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tufts is spending $25 million out of its usual budget and fundraised another $25 million on this pool. Meanwhile, management claims they can't offer Tufts facilities and grounds workers more than a 64–cent raise this year.
tuftsdaily.com
Tufts Aquatics Center construction moves forward following community engagement - The Tufts Daily
Construction is set to begin on Tufts’ new Aquatics Center following a community access and design process with Medford residents.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
May we all have the confidence of the person who registered for this event and under "dietary restrictions" wrote "picky eater."
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"I am for the dignity and safety and equal rights of trans people everywhere. Fuck you. The end." "I do not believe you care about this issue. You are lying. In fact you're a straight up weirdo for fixating on kids' genitals so much. That is odd behavior. Let kids run around with their friends."
welcometohellworld.com
I do not believe you care about this
You are lying
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prince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
we love to see academic librarians understand themselves as workers and move appropriately!
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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hey, 888 is the BU Librarians union too – let's go labor!
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
LET'S GO! Solidarity to Tufts librarians unionizing with SEIU Local 888! 🌹
tuftsdaily.com
Tufts librarians declare intent to form union, ask university for voluntary recognition - The Tufts Daily
Library staff from across Tufts campuses have begun the process of unionizing, announcing at a rally Tuesday morning that over 70% of library staff have signed union authorization cards.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Come work with me! If you are a researcher interested in supporting unionization efforts and helping workers stand up to bosses, Local 509 wants you. Salary $91k–$103k, v. good benefits, hybrid with frequent travel around Massachusetts.
seiu509.org
Strategic Researcher - SEIU 509
In close collaboration with other Union staff and member leaders, the Strategic Researcher will assist in the development and implementation of a broad spectrum of strategic plans to advance campaigns...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This week we are going to arbitration over whether grads who've received an honorary fellowship that's just a CV line & no money & who still work as TAs/RAs are "workers" or not, bc 1 dean doesn't want them to be eligible for union protections. Most of union work is this: dealing w/ petty bosses.
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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"You should be reevaluating AI once every 1-2 months" I'm sorry I have to work for money to eat
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"happy labor day" sounds a touch trite when you remember that Labor Day was meant as a peace offering from Grover Cleveland's administration after troops killed at least 30 workers while putting down a railroad strike. all power to the workers. how fragile our solidarity shows capital to be.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The man who wrote this is a business professor, because of course he is.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Proposal for more unions to take strike votes at the end of rallies. Solidarity with facilities and grounds workers at Tufts as they refuse to sit down and take a 64–cent raise from a multibillion-dollar employer. @32bjseiu.bsky.social
A group of people stand on a lawn holding up signs saying "yes" as others look on
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
No one hates higher education more than the people who churn out the Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com
chronicle.com
Opinion | The Humanities Can’t Ignore AI
Like it or not, we need to learn the tools and their limitations.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Malone says she’s not sure where she’ll feel safe living next, amid what she called the trans 'great migration'. It was difficult for her to realize that had she arrived in Boston just one year later – after the changes at Fenway – she would have been refused her care."
theguardian.com
Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it
Activists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If you are an academic conference presenter and you go over your allotted time by more than about 30 seconds, you are disrespecting your fellow presenters & anyone in the room who came to hear about someone's research other than yours. You are doing a bad thing and you should feel bad.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With ChatGPT down it's time to email your biggest enemy at work and cause a nervous breakdown as they are unable to respond
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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emma best 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️ Mxy @emma.best · 03/09/2026
9 heroes arrested
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Massachusetts law forbids providers from withholding care based on gender identity, but Fenway Health ended lifesaving gender-affirming care for 400 young people almost a year ago and so far has gotten away with it. So much for our "progressive" state. Solidarity with the arrested activists.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Transphobia loses. Good result.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
the Massachusetts primary election is tomorrow and yes the governorship is uncontested in the Dem primary and also a reminder that you don't have to vote for someone who's refused to fund childcare, forced AI upon state workers, & maintained the only remaining blue state 287(g) agreement
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
stop making students provide death certificates to prove they have a "legitimate" reason to miss class, you absolute ghouls.
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 28/08/2026
I think that if someone is going to be published saying "academia is about the life of the mind, not the monetary rewards," their salary and net worth should be disclosed in the article
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Academic freedom is when a foreign government dictates how and even whether a university investigates misconduct
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"I am a manager of postdocs. Here are some anti-union things all managers say."
insidehighered.com
Why Postdoc Unionization Is a Bad Idea (opinion)
Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science.
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Kat @longwayback.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
flashback to one of my favorite tumblr posts:
Tumblr post by user thegeekgene:

Someone at an old job asked why I wanted to write up the meeting minutes for our team and I said 'i wanna control the narrative' and they were like 'what' and I pointed out that no one was gonna remember what we said in six months and so my interpretation of the meeting would dictate the assumed reality of what happened

"none of you ever send corrections when I offer the draft so y'all have consented to my version"

"we don't read that shit"

"you must trust me implicitly to create our shared reality that's so sweet"

That's how several coworkers decided I was a supervillain and how I learned several coworkers didn't understand record keeping as like a CONCEPT
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You should go on strike @alvincarpenter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There needs to be a "capitalist workplaces are bad actually, you should avoid duplicating the worst of them in a union" seminar that they send union staff managers to.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Now some man is nitpicking the use of the word "minutes" (as opposed to "notes" or "record" or who knows what). My goodness, people need hobbies.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Setting aside all snark for a sec: I genuinely do not understand this. Like...how do you run the meeting. Do you make it up on the fly. How do you make sure you didn't forget anything important. How are people supposed to prep. No wonder everyone hates meetings; managers refuse to run them well.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some of you think this is about managers at an employer I represent, but no: bosses boss no matter where they work and this is about managers at the union I work for.
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
today a manager told me that other managers do not want to provide meeting minutes, a normal & desirable best practice for humans who wish to communicate w/ each other, because "someone could use those notes against us." my dude, the word you are both looking for & terrified of is "accountability."
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Stop buying burnt bean water from a millionaire! You deserve better coffee! (Also, workers are asking you to boycott, and that's what matters.)
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 26/08/2026
Many applicants impacted by the pause likely “spent thousands of dollars and disrupted their lives to attend scheduled interviews, only to have their appointments cancelled at the last minute.”
theguardian.com
US halts all immigrant visa applications amid tightening restrictions
Move by state department to limit access is part of Trump’s crackdown on both lawful and undocumented immigration
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BU paid its president $1.7 million last year, but it wants faculty and facilities workers to believe it can only afford raises of 2% or under. With inflation, that's a pay cut, not a raise. All allies can sign this petition calling on BU to do better by its workers: act.seiu.org/a/bu-unions-...
Red and black flyer with multiple union logos: Stand with BU workers fighting for fair contracts! Show your support for facilities workers and faculty demanding strong wage increases, maintenance of tuition remission benefits, and job protections for immigrant workers. Sign and share our petition! All BU community members & allies welcome act.seiu.org/a/bu-unions-2026
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@bostonglobe.com care to comment on your platforming of a race scientist?
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