Dan PhifferFeb 28, 2023
Today I stopped playing Wordle cold turkey. I had made a daily habit of it and now I'm repurposing that time for organizing work. Today I followed up with several people and got a meeting on the calendar.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 2, 2023
I’m trying to make this a daily habit and I did find a way to keep my streak going today. I’m working on a website for one of my favorite things in Troy, Flagsss Day (not to be confused with Flag Day)
https://instagram.com/flagsssday.troyny
Show threadDan PhifferMar 2, 2023
Today’s organizing: I wrote a shop note updating union membership about how our contract bargaining is going and started onboarding a new member.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 4, 2023
I was on vacation today but I did manage to send an email saying I would follow up with someone next week. Writing this just reminded me there is one other message like that I need to send to someone else.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 5, 2023
Today I read about the rollback of LGBTQ legal protections in Alaska and I’m sitting with this question from a friend’s IG stories.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-drops-lgbtq-discrimination-ban
Alaska Says It’s Now Legal “in Some Instances” to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Individuals

On the advice of the state’s attorney general, Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans against most categories of discrimination, and it began refusing to investigate complaints.

ProPublica
Show threadDan PhifferMar 5, 2023
Here’s a legislation tracker, for a bigger picture of what’s going on in conservative state legislatures. 51 bills by my count. https://www.them.us/story/anti-lgbtq-legislation-bills-tracker-us
Everything That Happened in Anti-Trans Legislation This Week: Feb 25-March 3

Tennessee signed the nation's first drag ban into law and became the latest state to put a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.

Them.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 6, 2023
Today I scheduled the weekly chicken care tasks with a group of 4 neighborhood friends who take turns tending to our flock of 12 hens. I have some software that helps coordinate and send reminders via SMS reminders:
https://chickenbot.phiffer.org/
Chickenbot

Chicken care task rotation managed by Google Sheet and SMS

Show threadDan PhifferMar 7, 2023
Today was the first day back after a long weekend trip and I had plenty of organizing work to catch up on, mostly union-related.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 8, 2023
Today I had a meeting with Troy Coalition for Black Lives, affiliated with https://troy4blacklives.com/
Troy 4 Black Lives

We demand accountability for the Troy Police

Show threadDan PhifferMar 9, 2023
Felt pretty tired out today and almost let my streak end. But then I remembered I had a meeting agenda I can start drafting.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 10, 2023
Today I had some short 1:1 follow-ups, did some outreach for a friend's event, accidentally missed an event I had been looking forward to, and took the lead on childcare so my wife could attend a meeting.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 11, 2023
Today I sent an email reminder for a dad support circle I help organize, and sent another email to someone involved in organizing the event I missed yesterday.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 12, 2023
Just made it home from the dad circle, gonna smell like a fire pit for a few days. Grateful to have and give support.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 13, 2023
Today I sent one hard email and started composing another. I also took a long walk and delivered some packets of seeds through a mail slot, related to this project: https://nextepochseedlibrary.com/lawn/
Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory – A collaboration with seeds, time, and weeds

Show threadDan PhifferMar 14, 2023
Today I went to a community meeting and made a small speech about the need for more affordable housing. And also that concerns over parking and high density are misguided. I may have called out my city council rep a little bit.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 14, 2023
Today I sent out calendar invites for a union meeting and drafted an agenda.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 16, 2023
Today I facilitated a union meeting.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 16, 2023
Today I spread the word about a local canvass related to lead in municipal drinking water and attended an onboarding for the union local executive committee.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 18, 2023
Today I wrote an email that offered possible dates for a future event, recapped a past event, and shared an upcoming canvass event. Also checked in with a couple union members under a hard deadline.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 19, 2023
Today I attended a bystander intervention training organized by Troy DSA in collaboration with a group from Binghamton called Progressive Leaders of Tomorrow.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 20, 2023
Today I had aspirations for some ambitious writing, but only managed to schedule the next week of chicken care tasks.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 20, 2023
Today I wrote up a proposal and offered it up for a union vote and, separately, wrote an email to management in my capacity as unit chair. I also met with some comrades working on local progressive causes and discussed long term organizing infrastructure.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 22, 2023
Today I renewed our paid zoom account for the union (after yesterday’s vote came back positive), sent a dad circle email for April, and attended an Executive Committee meeting for the union local.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 22, 2023
Today I drafted a letter to the city planning commissioner in support of an affordable & supportive housing development in downtown Troy and solicited feedback from some folks.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 24, 2023
Today I met with HR to discuss a union matter and attended a coalition meeting.
Show threadDan Phiffer
Today was a union contract bargaining day, our 44th session, 690 days after we started in 2021. 5 proposals with us, 4 with them, 22 tentative agreements.
Mar 24, 2023 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadDan PhifferMar 25, 2023
Today I wrote up an initial summary of an idea for building long-term organizing infrastructure and shared it with the two other comrades I met with last week for their input.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 27, 2023
Today was all about chicken-related organizing: helped out building a new fence and sent out next week’s task schedule.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 28, 2023
Today I sent a letter of support to the city planning commissioner. I also put a union meeting on the calendar and organized an impromptu birthday party.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 29, 2023
Today I attended a union committee meeting and helped spread the word about a meal train for a friend who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 30, 2023
Today I started writing a shop note about the most recent union bargaining session and delivered a meal to a sick friend.
Show threadDan PhifferMar 31, 2023
Today I wrote some emails: working on getting a coalition meeting on the calendar and offering to host the April 8 dad circle in my yard.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 1, 2023
Today for #TransDayofVisibility I went to the open mic night at the transgender and non-binary worker owned cafe downtown.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 2, 2023
Today the only organizing adjacent work I managed to do was contributing to a GoFundMe for a local organizer in need of financial help. See the link below in case you can contribute. (n.b. this is an anonymous ask but I know the person organizing the GFM and assume I have met the person who needs this support.)
https://gofund.me/8429d232
Show threadDan PhifferApr 3, 2023
Today I went canvassing to get the word out about lead pipes used in water service lines in Troy.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 4, 2023
Today was a contract bargaining day, our 45th session. We got a tentative agreement on severance / reductions in force, our 23rd TA. Each side now has 4 proposals remaining to bargain.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 4, 2023
Today I got an event on the calendar for a local coalition meeting and coordinated some union things.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 6, 2023
Today I did some union organizing work planning for an upcoming action.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 6, 2023
Today I participated in our first IRL union action, related to this unresolved freelancer issue: https://union.place/@MarkupUnion/109672235192643194
The Markup Union (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image We’re going back to the bargaining table tomorrow. It’s time for movement from management on reasonable contractual limits on how @[email protected] works with independent contractors (aka freelancers). Details ⬇

The Union Place
Show threadDan PhifferApr 8, 2023
Today I spent a little time getting my head back into volunteering for a local non-profit that runs a low power community radio station. https://www.mediasanctuary.org
Sanctuary For Independent Media - We use art, science and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.

Show threadDan PhifferApr 9, 2023
Tonight we had our monthly dad circle, the biggest showing yet with 17 or so of us. Once again I’m feeling grateful to have support and provide support.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 10, 2023

Today I scheduled the weekly chicken tasks. There are 5 of us in the rotation, so the fact that I’ll be heading out of town on Thursday is within normal operating procedure.

Here is how things looked when I was closing the coop tonight, someone’s always getting up on the feeder.

Show threadDan PhifferApr 11, 2023
Today we had a bargaining committee meeting. We mostly talked about our benefits counterproposal.
Show threadDan PhifferApr 13, 2023
I broke my streak for boring reasons (I forgot to post). But I still plan to pick this up again, perhaps in a slightly different form.
Show threadJamesAkersApr 13, 2023
@dphiffer
I think that you can forget to post says something about the addictiveness of the platform- for better or worse it is non addictive.
Show threadBurrito JusticeApr 10, 2023
@dphiffer great band name: CHICKEN TASKS
Show threadPaul RiismandelApr 8, 2023
@dphiffer Nice! Seems like a very cool organization. Talked to co-founder Steve Pierce a few years ago. https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2019/04/how-an-lpfm-produces-an-hour-of-hyper-local-news-every-weekday/
Podcast #191: How an LPFM Produces an Hour of Hyper-Local News Every Weekday - Radio Survivor

Every weekday an all-volunteer reporting staff produces an hour of original, hyper-local news for WOOC-LP’s “Hudson Mohawk Magazine,” serving the Troy, NY area. A focus on mission and a concentration of resources on journalism helps the station accomplish this daily feat. Steve Pierce is the Executive Director of Media Alliance, which operates WOOC inside the […]

Radio Survivor
Show threadDan PhifferApr 8, 2023
@mediageek amazing, I’ve worked closely with Steve for years. Looking forward to listening to this.