Reposted by Kait HoehneMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick. 1296273688186
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Brushed off my editorial skills for this one and couldn't be prouder. These movements aren't built in one moment, it's a series of messy, complicated collective decisions. longhaulmag.com/first-tech-w...longhaulmag.comSign of the Times: An Account of the First Tech Workers’ Strike | Long-Haul MagWorkers in the New York Times Tech Guild went on the first official tech workers’ strike in the United States, during the week of the presidential election in November, 2024. Following the strike, the... 1135
Reposted by Kait HoehneNatalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026the american paradox 615424782
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Pollinator dopamine for your Tuesday. Happy garden, happy me. 110
Reposted by Kait HoehneDoc Sportello ❌👑 @digyoursoul.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A Tennessee conservation nonprofit has acquired a 600-acre tract bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, protecting one of the largest remaining privately owned parcels next to the park from future development. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/great-smokey...goodnewsnetwork.orgGreat Smokey Mountains Will Soon Get Even Greater – Thanks to Nonprofit’s Land PurchaseThe Great Smokey Mountains is set to get just a little bit greater thanks to a 600-acre donation from a south-focused nature nonprofit. 9961481211
Reposted by Kait HoehneAllen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Another ridiculous poll. What actually slows releases? 1) Building things nobody wants. 2) Unnecessary complexity. 3) Lack of effective communication. 4) A culture of centralized control. 5) Bad process. 6) Dependencies. 7) Not trusting the people who do the work. 8) Large batches. 1/2 4331439
Reposted by Kait HoehneThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.” 12263455310773
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A thought experiment: You've got poorly documented spaghetti code with years of legacy logic. You've got tight deadlines and at least a year before you can do a major refactor. How do you make the code less confusing for the next year? Documentation? In-code comments? Testing? 100
Reposted by Kait HoehneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy. 27794593342
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Oh I'm sorry, this thing that's been pushed on us relentlessly as a solution to all busy work is...checks notes...expensive and inefficient?? 😱🤯 www.404media.co/the-tokenpoc...404media.coThe Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AILeaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides. 000
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Ah thank you McBoardman. I was just thinking my LinkedIn and recruiter experiences felt TOO human. 😮💨 000
Reposted by Kait Hoehnehuman bean @humanbean.net · 01/06/2026whenever i think "i own enough t shirts already" i see something like this 463554498
Reposted by Kait HoehneRadio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Dimming the lights for another one. Hold tight to the people you love. Sweet Dreams, America! youtu.be/ykMzS6ugnPI?...youtu.beTrio - After The Gold Rush (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Warner Records Nashville 55711
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 31/05/2026I fear my last day weeding crab grass will be the day I'm buried underneath it 000
Reposted by Kait HoehneEmilia @lazerwalker.com · 30/05/2026Engineers being expected to do on-call shifts for no additional compensation is one of the clearest arguments for “just because you’re highly-paid doesn’t mean you don’t need a union” 17421
Reposted by Kait HoehneDannel Jurado @demarko.org · 30/05/2026This is a HUGE win, you know how many engineers I know who accept on-call as just “part of the job”? This is massive 2145
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Oh hi it's me 👏🔥🎉 I just received back pay and on-call clarity thanks to my union. 032
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 23/05/2026The slush fund for Jan 6 rioters is 3 TIMES the annual budget of the CPB. It's not about what we can afford. Never was. 010
Reposted by Kait HoehneDannel Jurado @demarko.org · 19/05/2026IF ONLY THERE WAS SOMETHING A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE COULD DO, HMMM 041
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The gardening app I made for myself that I share with no one 020
Reposted by Kait HoehneRadio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 24/04/2026These things have a way of coming back to life quicker than Dracula in an old Hammer film…but you can give yourself a cautious pat on the back. The Save America/Make Voting Harder for Women/Poll Tax Act would have slid through if you hadn’t stood up to it. #RadioFreeAmerica #politicsnotus.orgSenate Republicans Bench Trump’s Voting BillRepublican lawmakers do not have the appetite to bring the SAVE America Act back to the floor. “That horse has left the barn,” one of them told NOTUS. 38326
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Questions I get the most about our homestead or hobby farm: 1) does it make money? 2) are you trying to go off grid? The answer to both of those is no. Or sort of? But I hate how they flatten our choices. 100
Reposted by Kait HoehneRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 14/04/2026For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools! 338238195493
Reposted by Kait HoehneNYT Tech Guild @nytguildtech.bsky.social · 14/04/2026So proud of our very own Talha Rahman as he advocated for the importance of unionization in tech on Sunday at the @unionnow.org rally in NYC! Grateful for the support of @sanders.senate.gov , @mayor.nyc.gov and excited to keep pushing for better for our members 🔥💪✊ 0103
Reposted by Kait HoehneMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Okay CTA. This is a good sign. 90243084519
Reposted by Kait HoehneRadio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Welcome to an icy-hot edition of the MAGA Minute! Today, Trump rages about NATO not helping him win a war…that he said he totally won a month ago…and didn’t need help with anyway. Editor’s Note: Our money is on Greenland. #RadioFreeAmerica 127214
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 09/04/2026When we moved to the Catskills, "your biggest crop will be rocks" seemed like a cute "welcome to the area" joke. After two hours digging fist-sized gravel for a post hole, I now realize it's more of a "laugh so we don't cry" situation. I also see why my ancestors made peace with Wisconsin winters. 000
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 21/03/2026"Mom, what's a plan?" "It's when you take something you need to do and break it down into little steps" "UUUUUGH that's too many words. Blow me some bubbles." 000
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Once more for the folks in the back: remote work should not be a luxury dangled in front of us and snapped away on a whim. And caretaking loved ones shouldn't stop us from doing the work we love. Sign our petition. Tell NYT to find their heart. actionnetwork.org/petitions/te... 011
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 12/03/2026It costs @nytimes.com management NOTHING to let Rich continue working remote. This is so callous and is putting a tremendous amount of stress on a family in an incredibly vulnerable time for absolutely no reason. Unconscionable. 020
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I feel like Wild Robot was written for Fly Away Home kids who now have children. Stop making me cry over geese!!! 😭❤️🪿 000
Kait Hoehne @khoehne.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Great framing of how AI is being used as a pretense for wage suppression. We already have some AI language in our contract, but this is going to be the crux of our union organizing moving forward. www.itgetslateearly.com/post/the-gre...itgetslateearly.comThe Great Salary ResetHow Corporations Are Using AI as Cover for the Biggest Pay Cut in a GenerationYou're being conned right now. And I need you to understand exactly how it's happening.Pinterest just announced it's cutti... 052
Reposted by Kait HoehneAndrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Your data will be used against you. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...nytimes.comHomeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts 54737651970
Reposted by Kait HoehneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This is what a rigged economy looks like. 318112324316
Reposted by Kait HoehneBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo." 964422837376
Reposted by Kait HoehneLabor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Starbucks is rolling out a revamped “Rewards” program next month, aimed at winning customers back after baristas started walking out in November. @sbworkersunited.org members are asking customers to delete the Starbucks Rewards app until they win their strike labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...labornotes.orgDelete the Starbucks App Now, Say Striking WorkersStarbucks barista Christi Gomoljak has been on strike for 80 days. Managers at her Disney store in Anaheim, California had taken away the workers’ restroom without consultation. “There was a note on o... 24220
Reposted by Kait HoehneGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/01/2026Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution. If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people. 985225375957
Reposted by Kait HoehneNYT Tech Guild @nytguildtech.bsky.social · 16/01/2026We stand with our colleagues and fellow members in full solidarity - this unfair and illegal arrest is an affront to a free press. ✊💔 0206