I have considered dling via yt to make use of sponsor block as you suggest. Does it work?

Podcasts are extremely neglected in this general area. Few torrents exist. They are at high risk of disappearing off the internet forever because they cost a lot to keep hosted while producing zero revenue. Archiving is not happening as far as I know.

Add removal would be great. TIP if you use a VPN you might gets ads targeted to that country. Which in some cases is actually no ads. Hop around and see if you can kind the right one. It'll be different per distributor.

https://the-eye.eu/ https://eyedex.org/ had a massive collection of audiobook torrents. 1 torrent per letter of alphabet according to author last name. I assume it's still in there somewhere

I had some luck with this project https://gitlab.com/LazyLibrarian/LazyLibrarian I plan to re install soon.

Well I don't know how much pull youse have, but do you think your employer would notice you the bricks stopped for a little while? Maybe at a very strategic moment. it might even be more spooky for them.

West Virginia Coal Wars redux

set them on fire

Don't be afraid to leverage that.

The great thing about being frontline workers with strong community relationship is that sometimes people who feel strongly in solidarity take actions which would be "in bad faith" or even illegal if the workers themselves did same action. You can't be held responsible for what independent people do.

A comrade was organizing at a nonprofit when they were fired. Big union did not back them up. Bricks started being thrown through the windows of the nonprofit by discontented service users. Comrade went on to another job but none of the other organizers were fired and now org has a contract.

I went to look up a video that would convey Labor Law for OP at least in part and learned that Staughton Lynd died in November. Found this but unsure as to relevance.

OP, here is a PDF of Labor Law. It really is #1 to read. At least assign it as homework to your union rep. ;)

A comrade was employed as an organizer with a union. This employer exclusively hired from a recent immigrant community in an attempt to break the unions previously established in the white/settler community. When it came time to start taking actions, the workers began listing the managers that most especially got on their nerves and debating which ones were the highest priority. Comrade had a hard time following the discussion for a little bit and eventually asked for clarification. Was told: "Oh we know how it goes. We knock off some of theirs; they get a few of ours. We are not sure which ones we will go after." The agenda item was Union Hit List. Back home, unions were serious business and everyone had engaged in organizing with this understanding. Suddenly for the first time, comrade was in the position of not being the militant fringe of the labor movement. But as is inevitable for any union staffer, trying to reel the workers back in line. But it was not without ambivalence.

won 98 percent of the vote.

In my union we still have 2 employees who refuse to talk about it

Is your unit 100 people? If so at least you know exactly who is on side.

If it's less than 100 people, 1 of the 2 is full of shit I guess?

Don't forget about good work strikes.

Find a way to to keep doing the important part of the job while neglecting the components that serve to generate income. Stop tracking and reporting your numbers. Etc.

Here is how your -16 vote post looks on hexbear:

they're evaluated by how the affect the people within

You can't second it because it isn't a motion. It's a discussion.

One day if we get our way you might have the chance to participate in a democracy. :) So you too can know the joys of a well run meeting, be it by Robert's Rules or some other system.

you want to ban extremists?

do you want to ban ham radio nerds because of how extremely retro they are?

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How do you manage ULPs in such a way that people don't become focused on them?

I've seen so many organizing campaigns lose power because of some BS legal strategy. ULPs take like 2 years to go through the system so the fact that they are bound to fail won't be clear for some time. But they kind of let people procrastinate doing challenging, scary organizing/action because that ULP is on the back burner.

It is the case especially with people who have some sort of deep down belief that that state will protect them. Even if you know in your brain that's fake shit it is sooo tempting to relax into it. Because of how egregiously unfair the practices of the boss really are. This time even the pigs at the NLRB will see through the lies!!

Also I think union staffers like them because they have all the expertise so it kind of makes the workers reliant. The boss likes them because they know they will win.

With really good inoculation it's possible. I've seen it too, once in a long while. Where ineffective tactics are pursued on purpose just to let people get it out of their systems and teach about power. Not easy to pull off and requires knowing the situation backwards and forwards.

Unionizing is a good way to keep the work going. Otherwise people get laid off, burnt out, move out of the industry etc.

Doesn't directly address the contract aspect or the NGO angle but you could do worse than reading Wages so low you'll freak by Mike Pudd'nhead for general left union ideas. Although I only read the first book of several in the series so maybe it comes in later.

It sounds like you are recruiting to an "intentional community" farm type thing. Is that correct?

edit: or maybe doing mutual aid? I got thrown off by

our built community

Sort of sounded like you had buildings there.

I have two findings but not sure where they go or what to do with them.

Beehaw the whole fediverse is wholesome ❤

• ctrl-f "hexbear", "tankie" etc
• Does anyone know what "the Sync discussions" is?

Lemmy.world Lemmy.world missing from Lemmyverse index

• Looking for an emoji conveying jealousy
• Best I found was this
• deserves a C at best, if the teacher is happydrunk today

bananas are supposed to be cheap.

but if you subtract the weight of the skin, which is inedible, unsmokable and otherwise not consumable, it is not particularly cheap actually.

plantains have thinner skin and bigger meat so there is less waste.

mini bananas are ++++expensive