“After a grueling 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios, a move that is heralding the end of the 2023 actors’ strike.”
The work stoppage will end 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.
It's election day! Transport's on the ballot: —Kansas City MO: 3/8¢ transit sales tax renewal —Cincinnati: Whether to sell off 337-mile railway to Chattanooga —DeKalb County GA: 1% sales tax for a variety of capital projects —Fort Collins CO: 1/2¢ sales tax, with 1/4 for transit
So yesterday I shared the news about the Friends of Folkways effort -- $5 a bunch, you can stream everything in their catalog and affiliated labels folkways.si.edu/friends-of-f... -- and today I'm currently tripping out on this amazingly earnest 1958 release about the sounds of the early satellites.
HAPPY MAIL DAY! Mega congrats to Marc Masters on the release of "High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape". We're so humbled to be featured in this sacred scroll, and to have helped out with the cassette companion (avail on Bandcamp w/ design by Max). Pick it up from UNC Press today!
Solidarity with Bandcamp United! Sign their petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/so...
On September 28, Epic Games announced the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr, Inc. In an internal announcement to staff, Epic Games wrote that Songtradr, Inc. would be offering positions to some Bandcamp e...
Janeese Lewis George has been an unfailing ally to tenants, immigrants, workers, and all Ward 4 residents. I just threw her some $$ for her re-election. DC has public campaign financing so your donation will be matched 5:1.
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Bringing some good labor news onto this platform: the newly organized tech worker unit at NPR has a TA on their first contract! It’s so inspiring to see the wave of tech organizing happening, congrats to this crew at NABET Local 31!!
Hell yeah, I like to watch Brazilian reality tv and then congratulate myself for studying Portuguese