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My hat goes off to those Swedish dockworkers refusing to unload Teslas until they negotiate with their local employees.

Incredible solidarity.

(For some reason it’s always my untagged posts that go wide lmao, so here a link: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-sweden-strike/ )

Swedish Ports Threaten to Block Teslas From Entering the Country

Tesla is failing to play by Swedish labor rules, unions claim. Now a strike that started with mechanics is beginning to spread.

WIRED
Hey just your daily reminder that Jewish people have nothing to do with the Israeli government you dense antisemitic fucks.

Scoop: Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit

Okta, a company that provides identity tools like multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to thousands of businesses, has suffered a security breach involving a compromise of its customer support unit, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Okta says the incident affected a “very small number” of customers, however it appears the hackers responsible had access to Okta’s support platform for at least two weeks before the company fully contained the intrusion.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/hackers-stole-access-tokens-from-oktas-support-unit/

Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit – Krebs on Security

Chicago Is About to End the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers - Brandon Johnson, the labor-backed mayor of Chicago, is poised to deliver his first major victory: scrapping the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

https://jacobin.com/2023/09/chicago-brandon-johnson-subminimum-wage-tipped-workers-restaurant-industry

#ChicagoLabor #BrandonJohnson #SubminimumWage #TippedWorkers #RestaurantIndustry #Victory #Politics #News

Chicago Is About to End the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers

Brandon Johnson, the labor-backed mayor of Chicago, is poised to deliver his first major victory: scrapping the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

that time of the year when kittens are cutest and ready to be picked
#caturday

If you're switching to Firefox this week, I collected a list of the team's favourite hidden features back when I worked there:

https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/10/25/navigational-instruments/

Navigational Instruments | blarg

Police in #Asheville used their new drone unit to surveil and harass hundreds of attendees at the grand re-opening of the @firestorm bookstore.

"It’s only been three months since the Asheville Police Department announced the launch of a new Drone Unit. Speaking with the Mountain Xpress, an APD Captain assured the community that the technology would not be used for “surveillance on the unknowing public.” But that’s exactly what is happening..."

#NorthCarolina #Surveillance #ACAB

https://itsgoingdown.org/asheville-police-drone-surveil-grand-opening/

Asheville Police Use New Drone Unit to Surveil Grand Opening Of Anarchist Bookstore

Editorial from the Firestorm Bookstore and Co-op in so-called Asheville, North Carolina about police surveillance of the space's grand re-opening. The opening of our bookstore on Sunday had unexpected guests. Throughout the afternoon, a police drone hovered conspicuously over Haywood Road, directly in front of our shop. Occasionally it flew back to the nearby APD...

It's Going Down

Our Head of Product Marketing got a chance to hang out with the IGN
team today at Gamescom and share a live demo of the modularity of the Framework Laptop 16:

https://www.youtube.com/live/cJyRQmhCkDk?feature=shared

AMD Gaming Festival at gamescom 2023 Livestream

YouTube

Fairphone 5 is looking pretty sick. Hoping for a US release soon

https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5

Fairphone 5. Designed for you. Made fair.

Ten swappable spare parts. Eight years of software updates. Five-year warranty. This is Fairphone's most sustainable phone yet.

Fairphone

Chicago public animal shelters are at capacity forcing them to euthanize animals. If you live nearby and have been thinking about getting an animal please look at adopting from CACC.
#Chicago #DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

https://apple.news/AOAWtUmbtRI-sYFa2RtG_8Q

Chicago's overcrowded shelter is forced to euthanize more animals — Axios Chicago

Chicago's public animal shelter is overcrowded and running out of places to send the thousands of dogs and cats it's taking in.