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Check out our story with @NPR by @BobbyAllyn ✊🏽🤘🏽npr.org/2021/06/30/101138783…

Change.Org Workers Form A Union, Giving Labor Activists Another Win In Tech

The online-petition startup is the latest tech company where activism among workers has led to the formation of a labor union. Once taboo in Silicon Valley, unions are now on the rise.

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fun ... #imug408
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I just spoke to a distraught US Special Forces soldier who is among the 1000 or so US troops in Syria tonight who is serving alongside the SDF Kurdish forces. It was one of the hardest phone calls I have ever taken. "I am ashamed for the first time in my career."
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*This* is why language (and critical analysis) is important: xitter.cf/nick_kapur/status/1112…
Nick Kapur@nick_kapur1 Apr 2019
A thread on how to understand/translate Japan's brand new imperial era name "Reiwa" (令和). To ordinary Japanese people at first glance (including many of my friends yesterday), the character 令 means "to order" or "to command" and 和 means "peace," "harmony," or "Japan" 1/
¡what.a.day!
Ken Lunde 小林剣
@ken_lunde13 Sep 2018
On-site and remote experts are discussing #TaiTham script issues today at @Adobe, the day after #IUC42 ended. #Unicode #MaximumEffort
“The best international sites are the ones that don’t feel international.” Mitchell Cox (Lucid) emphasizing hyper-localization giving users a 100% ‘at home’ feel #GlobalReady
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Opening keynote by Smartling CEO, Jack Welde. #GlobalReady
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Support #Unicode with an Adopt-a-Character Gift this Holiday Season! blog.unicode.org/2017/12/sup… #emoji
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the spread of emoji xitter.cf/mark_e_davis/status/93…
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Proud to be the 1,501st backer on @BackerKit for Dialect: A Game about Languag... | Thx @chicalashaw! dialect.backerkit.com/hosted…

Pre-order Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies on BackerKit

Build a language, build a world. Who were the Isolation, and how were they lost? In this game, your language is the story. Digital Edition now available!

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yes! xitter.cf/chicagomanual/status/8…
The Chicago Manual of Style@ChicagoManual28 Jun 2017
Tip: Foreign words appearing in English-language works must include any special characters that appear in the orig. language. #CMOS16 11.12
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😂 xitter.cf/alolita/status/6778839…
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this. xitter.cf/danimurta/status/67403…
congruence and ambiguity overlap in English (syntax/function/use) are not universal in all languages ; context is crucial
Patrick Chew retweeted
SFMTA@SFMTA_Muni23 Oct 2015
ATTN: Bus shuttles on the 33-Ashbury btw 16th/Mission to 18th/Castro due to loss of power @ 18th/Dolores
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Patrick Chew retweeted
Change.org
@Change24 Sep 2015
600k people are asking @GPforEducation to stand #withMalala & fund 12 years of education for girls around the world: change.org/p/stand-withmalal…
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one talk/presentation down (so tired) ; downtime ; crunch out the next
inspiring words from @alectivism to Change.org prod/eng
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نەۋرۇز بايرامى قۇتلى بولسۇن/navruz bayrami tabriklayman /наурыз кұтты болсын/нооруз майрамиңыздар менен/новруз байрамы қутлу олсун
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