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CUPE representing McMaster TAs declares strike for Monday

Nov 20, 2022

I'll still check back here occasionally to answer DMs or

but that's probably it.

yeah, how you guys feeling about sticking around this place now, huh? What just happened was my tripwire. Gone now.

Read our most recent bargaining update here: bettermac.ca/2022/11/18/uni

The union representing TAs (and RAs in lieu) at McMaster has declared a strike starting Monday at 7a.m. The university will remain open. Find more information in this update: dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/cupe- 1/

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The university will remain open. People should expect delays and should leave additional time in order to access campus.

@Scott_755

Nov 19, 2022

Is there an example anywhere in the history of the world where privatization of public services ever lowered costs and increased service levels? This is not a rhetorical question, I genuinely want to know.

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<pounds table> WORLD CUP WORLD CUP WORLD CUP

incredible indictment that everyone is desperately looking for somewhere to meet and talk to people, and no one has even mentioned Zuckerberg's $70bn metaverse

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I mean it's obvious. Punching down is bad comedy. Conservatives basically love punching down.

this is a subtweet of something that purports to be the "Onion" of the right getting their account reinstated

not that it's "illegal" or "woke" or "cancel culture". they just are so *bad* at it.

conservatives can't do humour. There's lots of things they can do, they just can't do that.

NEW: Email from Elon to the engineering team: "Anyone who can actually write software, please report to the 10th floor at 2pm today. Before doing so, please email me a bullet point summary of what your code commits have achieved in the past 6 months" 1/

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ditching twitter for FB is like ditching the titanic for... a larger titanic. I guess

I admit I just learned about "effective altruism" this month but, at the risk of being too on-brand, I have to say that "I need to make as much money as possible because only I know how to spend it right" is the most U S American attempt at "philosophy" I have ever seen

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Someone has to say it: Elon Musk has lied for 27 years about his credentials. He does not have a BS in Physics, or any technical field. Did not get into a PhD program. Dropped out in 1995 & was illegal. Later, investors quietly arranged a diploma - but not in science. 🧵1/

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As I watch all this happen to Twitter I just keep thinking "God I wish the road were filled with self driving cars made by the same guy"

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ahh, to be blissful and ignorant

now thinking about corporate/promo accounts that don't actually read tweets and just like post and then when twitter goes floo they're gonna be "what happened"

Best thing Twitter did for the world in general was to allow anyone to yell directly at rich and powerful people, which drove many of them insane, including the richest guy on earth

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How many of those employees are H1B? I would say probably the majority.

just heard there are 238 employees remaining at twitter. last month there were 7500.

In the future, when someone asks me what twitter was like, I’ll show them this exchange.

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making goulash

Twitter is about to go offline. See you soon!

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Story to be updated soon with more: Am hearing that several “critical” infra engineering teams at Twitter have completely resigned. “You cannot run Twitter without this team,” one current engineer tells me of one such group. Also, Twitter has shut off badge access to its offices.

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Nothing lasts, Hagen.

i truly believe that i will usher in a new era of peace and prosperity when i get every single post on hthis fucking website deleted by 2022

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Watch The Elno Foundation Burn 44 Billion Quid

Again, thank you, Twitter (well, pre-November twitter). you have been SUCH AN ENORMOUS HELP (and, let's be honest, a *pain in the ass* in probably equal measure) to me over the ***FIFTEEN*** years I've been privileged enough to use your service. God, I'm gonna miss you.

if twitter implodes before my talk in a week about imploding I'm going to be pissed

NEW: Twitter just alerted employees that effective immediately, all office buildings are temporarily closed and badge access is suspended. No details given as to why.

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For those of you keeping score, if 80% of the remaining staff is taking the severance deal, this means Twitter’s workforce is going from ~7500 to ~640 in less than a month. twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/s

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shitty managers / CEOs *love love love love* visa workers. Love them. Lots of leverage over them. It's a sweet deal.

I meant it when I called Elon's latest ultimatum the first truly positive thing about this Twitter saga. Because finally, everyone who had enough of the BS and is not on a visa could finally quit. Lots of the people staying are on visas btw. twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/s

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Our Bargaining Team is headed back to the table tomorrow and hopeful for a positive resolution. We just want a deal that helps #McMaster TA’s get ahead rather than falling further behind. #MacStrike #BetterMac

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@Ctzen_Improver

Nov 17, 2022

Stories like this are a scathing indictment of multiple layers of govt policy FAILURE. Louder for the people at the back: Poverty is a govt policy choice

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@Disability_WP

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Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications Surpasses 25,000 Items

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In the six weeks since announcing that Internet Archive has begun gathering content for the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC), the project has quickly grown to more than...