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Zachary Barber

@barberza.bsky.social
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Organizer, Unionist, Writer, Accordionist

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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 01/10/2026
Gaming show MinnMax has removed YouTuber Jacob Geller following a recently surfaced allegation of past sexual misconduct. "Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax," the show announced. "He won't be on conte... kotaku.com/jacob-geller-minnmax-you…
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Gaming Show Minnmax Removes YouTuber Jacob Geller After Recently Surfaced Allegation Of Past Sexual Misconduct
Geller is known for his video game essays on YouTube
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Upsetting situation, but this seems like the correct response.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's past time to end the death penalty, for many reasons nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville Banner
Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Glad to see congress has addressed the most pressing issue of our time (college sports) by not actually even addressing one of the main problems (exploitation of players) Meanwhile, climate, "AI", data centers, rising prices, etc... nothing. apnews.com/article/coll...
apnews.com
Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers
The Senate has passed a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports. It's an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unres...
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PandaMonium @pandamonium.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today, I decided to dump all my thoughts about A.I. infecting the retro and Saturn scene into one cohesive article. In short, I am certifiably sick of this.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gee, I wonder why that is federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2...
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Public trust in government down to 27%, research shows | Federal News Network
Overall trust remains low, but the Partnership for Public Service highlighted one long-time trend: The public holds more positive views of civil servants.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
wow outlook is not working nearly well enough this morning for me to be in a place to handle this news ok.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Instead of reopening the site of the worst nuclear disaster in the U.S., I think microsoft should try to make their core products actually work at a level of "tolerable" or better.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is so funny, and she is awesome
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Could? Maybe. Should? NO. insideclimatenews.org/news/2209202...
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Could Abandoned Mines House Pennsylvania’s Unwanted Data Centers?  - Inside Climate News
As opposition to data centers grows, researchers eye the state’s thousands of acres of polluted mine lands as potential solutions.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Man making yachtfuls of money assures us there's nothing wrong with his product and that's why you don't need to pass any restrictions on it. What could possibly go wrong! www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
No one is surprised that Nvidia’s Jensen Huang thinks AI fears are overblown
Jensen Huang claims there is a ‘0% chance’ of AI ending the world.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
oh no
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404 Media @404media.co · 19/09/2026
EFF’s investigation found cops across dozens of jurisdictions writing “LMAO,” “LOL,” “Hehe,” “Haha,” “idk,” “blah,” “TBD,” and “robbery I don’t remember the case number leave me alone” in Flock’s “reason” box for searches.
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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 18/09/2026
UPMC will end gender-affirming care for minors under a settlement with the federal government. “Gender-affirming care is legal in Pennsylvania, and gender-related discrimination is not,” Public Interest Law Center Executive Director Mimi McKenzie said. From @petehallpa.bsky.social
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UPMC agrees to end gender-affirming care in settlement with Justice Department • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
UPMC is one of more than 20 hospitals that received subpoenas last year for the patient records of children receiving gender-affirming care.
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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Once again UPMC chooses to put profits over the lives of some of our most vulnerable residents. Gender affirming care IS life changing medicine. It saves lives, including mine.
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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The same cover, but with the "say 'i am alive'" AI meme pasted on top of it after 10000 hours in MSPaint
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: I asked the autocomplete on my phone's keyboard if it was sentient (it said yes!) and if it wanted to kill me (fortunately, it said no). Accepting media inquiries.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Actions speak too, Ed. Ed Sheeran was asked to choose between helping supporters of a genocide or helping an opponent of killing kids. He chose to make himself complicit.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The billionaires want to replace working people with AI so they can get rich at our expense. We should not help them achieve that goal by lining up in support of AI data centers. I'm glad @tyleropeiu.bsky.social and @opeiu.org are on the right side. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Labor unions must unite against AI datacenters | Tyler Turner
Workers should start with a moratorium against building until our livelihoods and communities are protected
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U.S. Mail Not For Sale @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Postal workers are on the front line of the fight for democracy. They are telling their own bosses to stop attacking vote-by-mail. Will you join us sending a message to @ambermcreynolds.bsky.social & the USPS Governors, who have the power to stop this? usmailnotforsale.org/take-action?...
Workers hold signs in front of a post office. The overlaid text reads “an attack on vote by mail is an attack on our right to vote. Usmailnotforsale.org”
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I assume all the people posting about free speech today are against age-gating the internet, and the puritanical campaigns by the card processors.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Congrats to the nearly 2,000 workers at Blizzard who ratified a historic contract. This is a pretty huge deal, and I hope that it inspires and emboldens more videogame developers to join the movement. www.gamedeveloper.com/production/b...
gamedeveloper.com
Blizzard union workers ratify contract covering 1,900 employees
Union members have secured guardrails around generative AI usage, layoff protections, remote and hybrid work benefits, and more.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 02/09/2026
If we don’t right the ship in November, it becomes that much harder to create an economy that works for all of us. America’s unions are mobilizing to talk to our coworkers and neighbors to vote for pro-union candidates and protect the vote. Let’s get it done for working people!
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mainstream coverage of the Markey victory feels divorced from an actual, grounded understanding of the race and the politics behind it. WSJ says it bucked age/incumbency trends this year. Maybe so, from far enough away, but young people vote on more than just age...
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Inspired by the organizing union members are doing for a better tomorrow. It's tough out there, but our predecessors fought under similar (or worse!) conditions & won much we take for granted. We have to pick up the torch---we owe it to them, ourselves, and those who follow. When we fight, we win!
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 28/08/2026
This Labor Day, we’re going to show the billionaires who we are and how we fight. We will stand together to rally, speak up.and demand better for working people. Find an event near you and join us: betterinaunion.org
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It's Better in a Union
Support Workers! Labor Day is a celebration of the power and solidarity our labor movement has when we come together. And this year, we're using it to speak up for working people. Find an Event Share Your Story Working people know it's better in a union...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 28/08/2026
63 years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, America’s unions are rallying and marching again to defend the vote and our civil rights, fight for economic justice and defend the dream! ✊
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
outlook decided to start labeling certain emails as "promotion" but I cant figure out how to turn this off because all the search results are about a different annoying outlook "feature" called "promotion"
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Days since tim apple screwed me personally by changing a text after I hit send: 0
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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tempetatures over 100 F? Not enough to stop Austin devs from showing up today! #SaveOurDevs
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Workers fought for generations to win the right to organize, bargain collectively, and speak up at work. Now, the NLRB may roll back precedents protecting those rights. We cannot let corporate interests turn back the clock on working people.
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US Labor Board Gains Republican Majority for Legal Shifts (1)
The National Labor Relations Board’s Republican majority will soon unlock the ability to move labor law precedents in an employer-friendly direction now that the Senate confirmed a third GOP board mem...
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
S&P 500 CEOs received $340.1 million on average in 2025, about a 1,700% increase over the previous year. Who else got a 1,700% raise last year? Raise your hand! aflcio.org/paywatch
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Executive Paywatch - 2026 | AFL-CIO
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This goes hard
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...
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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others
Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Any other war criminal at large"
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If only there were some way to see this coming... federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
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After returning to the office, federal employees report low productivity, morale | Federal News Network
In a Federal News Network online survey, over three-quarters of respondents said they are less productive now than they were prior to returning to the office.
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dan solomon @dansolomon.com · 16/07/2026
are young people today aware that there was an active effort 20-25 years ago to stop depicting smoking as cool and glamorous because people got tired of watching their loved ones die of cancer and heart disease from something preventable? seems like classic history repeating itself stuff
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Awesome! www.gainesville.com/story/news/h...
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UF Health Shands Hospital, nurses union reach labor agreement
Shands nurses approved a new three-year contract that includes more than $18 million in wage increases and compensation improvements.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Remember this next time someone tries to sell you on huge consolidation efforts. www.techtimes.com/articles/319...
techtimes.com
Xbox Fires Thousands, Shuts Five Studios in Largest Gaming Layoff in Years
Xbox layoffs 2026 hit Microsoft’s gaming division on July 6 as five studios face closure after Game Pass accounting denied them retail revenue despite player milestones. Microsoft spent $20 billion on...
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I invite everyone to join me in celebrating 250 years of the United States by watching one of the best reflections on america and what it means to be american, @noahgervais.bsky.social's Lincoln Highway travelogue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmFQ...
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The Lincoln Highway: Across America on the First Transcontinental Motor Route
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Millions forced off healthcare, while the rest of us face higher costs and worse options. Anyone who voted for the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" helped worsen the affordability crisis. Remember this when they promise to "tackle" it in a few months.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Days since microsoft thing randomly stopped working for no discernible reason: 0
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Literally every other constitutional democracy in the world places term or age limits on their justices. We are a phenomenally stupid exception. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Life Tenure for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Is a Global Oddity with Clear Costs
Compared to other democracies, the United States is an outlier in granting life tenure to justices, producing diminishing returns and mounting costs.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court upheld that every child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States, rejecting the Trump admin's attempt to divide working people and attack immigrant families who are part of our communities, workplaces and unions. bit.ly/4v9S9S2
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to today's Supreme Court decision affirming birthright citizenship:

Today, the Supreme Court upheld one of the fundamental promises of our Constitution: that every child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States.

This decision rejects the Trump administration's latest attempt to divide working people and attack the immigrant families who are part of the fabric of our communities, our workplaces and our unions. At a time when working people are facing relentless attacks on their fundamental freedoms, the Court made clear that constitutional rights cannot simply be erased by executive order.

One in five workers is an immigrant. They are our co-workers, our neighbors, our family members and our fellow union members, integral to our economy and our workplaces. Working people know that it’s not immigrants who stand between workers and a good job—it’s the bosses who exploit workers. When politicians target immigrant communities, they are targeting all of us.

Today's ruling holds the ground on hard-won gains from our long-term struggle for human dignity and racial equality, and we know that work is far from over. Millions of workers and families still live with the uncertainty our broken immigration system causes, which leaves their lives and futures subject to the whims of bosses and politicians. Congress must finally act to create a pathway to citizenship and ensure every worker can live and work with dignity, freedom and opportunity. The labor movement will continue to fight until that becomes a reality.
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Zachary Barber @barberza.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The fight against segregation did not end with Plessy v Ferguson. The fight against transphobia (which in this case is bullying kids for not fitting in) will not stop at today's ruling.
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