ALT Bethany Andres-Beck smiling in a crowd of protesters in Newburyport

ALT Protesters carrying American flags line both sides of a long road.

ALT Bethany Andres-Beck smiles in a crowd of protesters along a brick sidewalk in Amesbury

ALT Bethany Andres-Beck smiles holding a “N0 KINGS” sign in Rowley, MA. Across the street is a crowd of protesters with signs and American flags.

ALT Graphic for congressional candidate Bethany Andres‑Beck. Top: campaign logo reads “Bethany ANDRES‑BECK for CONGRESS” in white on a navy‑blue background. An orange quotation‑mark graphic frames the candidate’s statement in white and orange text. "I'm running for Congress to fight for our country. I'm not here to be polite - I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we'll prove what should've been obvious all along: trans people aren't political props - we are leaders." The quote is attributed to “ Bethany Andres‑Beck, Candidate for MA‑06.” In the bottom-right quadrant is a photo of Bethany Andres‑Beck, a person with short hair and beard, round glasses, dark teal T‑shirt under an unbuttoned gray chambray shirt, standing with arms folded and a slight smile. The link to the campaign website “bethfordemocracy.com” is in orange in the bottom left of the image.

ALT Moving Across Lands: Online Platform Migration in Fandom Communities CASEY FIESLER, University of Colorado Boulder, USA BRIANNA DYM, University of Colorado Boulder, USA When online platforms rise and fall, sometimes communities fade away, and sometimes they pack their bags and relocate to a new home. To explore the causes and effects of online community migration, we examine transformative fandom, a longstanding, technology-agnostic community surrounding the creation, sharing, and discussion of creative works based on existing media. For over three decades, community members have left and joined many different online spaces, from Usenet to Tumblr to platforms of their own design. Through analysis of 28 in-depth interviews and 1,886 survey responses from fandom participants, we traced these migrations, the reasons behind them, and their impact on the community. Our findings highlight catalysts for migration that provide insights into factors that contribute to success and failure of pla

ALT Screenshot of post: Unions aren’t forming because they’re popular; they’re popular because they’ve become urgently needed and they’re forming for the same reason In most people’s interactions with a workplace, the company takes too much and gives too little. The only recourse for labor is to form structures of counter-power to try and balance the equation. You can stop reading there. All I’m going to do next is prove the point several ways, but if you came here to understand why unions are both forming and popular, you’re good to go. CEOs, as agents of Wall Street and other financial interests, are paid hundreds of times what their workers make every year. In Apple’s case, Tim Cook took home $100m in 2021 alone. The typical Apple Store employee, making $22 an hour, would need to work 2,367 years to match Tim’s compensation.